THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY. DECEMBER 22. 1903.
v HARRISON CETS SENTENCE!
LIST OF STAFF OFFICERS
ECHOES OF THE WE RCDM
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, Kttmey Km it Fintd tod Inprliotiid for
ILtuooi Mail . -
V.ILL EE IT FGR BLACKMAIL AFTER TERM
ttery of Eeii4ei of Prisoner
Who We. Son of Ftt
Y Minister la Ne
braska.
Fred J. Harrison of Kearney, recently In
dicted r.y the federal Brand jury for using
the Halted States malla for the purpoaa of
blackmail and who entered a. plea of not
guilty several days ago, later appeared fce
fora Judge Munger, withdrew bla pl?a of
not guilty and entered a plea of guilty.
Judge Munger thereupon sentenced him to
pay a line of ISO and costs and to be con
fined In the Dodge county jail for sis
months.
November 4 last 8. A. Fees, a jeweler at
Kearney, received an anonymous, threaten
ing letter saying that the writer belonged
to an organised gang of burglars and that
unless Mr. Fees Inclosed 160 In a cigar by
and placed it In a certain locality In Kear
ney he. would have his bouse burned and
his jewelry store robbed. Mr. Fess did as
lie was ordered, except that he" put no
money In the envelope. A watch was set
for the blackmailer, but he did not show
up. A second letter was sent to Mr. Fens
from the same source with a similar threat.
About this time' a Mr. Jeena of Kearney
notified the officers of that city that he
had received . a similarly threatening letter
from Bloux City, la., and then John
Elchelirter. reported that he had received
a letter of the tame .kind mailed from
Chicago, requiring him to put up $100 under
the penalty of having his little daughter
kidnaped. By compaing these letters it
u found that they all were evidently
written by the same person on the same
typewriter, similar pftper, and some of
them were signed by Franklin B. Mead,
respects Harrison ot, Once.
Mr. Elchelmer suspected Fred J. Harri
son, a young man who recently married a
young woman at Sioux City. Ia. The Bloux
City officers were nuked to be on the look
out for F. B. Mead, and they notified the
Kearney officers that a similar letter had
been sent to one Edwards In New York,
demanding 175 under penalty of being
burned out In cane of refusal It now be-gart-to
look as If the blackmailer was about
to 'be located. The Bloux City postmarter
had received word to forward all letters
addressed to Franklin B. Mead to Kearney,
a iVI the Kearney officers were at the post-
office, when the letters arrived and were
called for, and Harrleon was promptly ar
rested. Harrison Is the son of the late Rev. F. A.
Harrison, formerly of Kearney.
Tho United States authorities were notl-
. fled of Harrison's improper use of the
malls, but 'prior t J his arreit by the federal
oflloers he was arraigned under the black
mall laws of tills state In order that he
might bs held until, the United States offi
cers arrived. Upon the arrival' of the
United States deputy marshal at Kearney
the .officers there declined to . surrender
him and the deputy marshat had to re
turn to Oiruxha without his man. ''However
a day or, two later he was surrendered to
the United States authorities.
Upon the completion of his Imprisonment
at Fremont, HarYlson will again be taken
' In charge by the stats authorities and tried
. for blackmail. '.
TO ENFORCE THE SL0CUMB LAW
Supreme Conrt Hands Down Altera'
tltfe "Writ of Mandamus' to
I Officials of Omaha.
, i
An alternative writ of mandamus signed
by Judge Sullivan of the supreme court and
commanding the strict enforesment of the
Blocumb law In Omaha or an explanation, of
the refusal to so do before him on January
9, lias weerr wrvca on vutci t ruiiw
, m t.i.
ahue. Mayor Moores and Fire and PoMca
Commissioners. McHugh, Broatch, Spratlen
and Thomas. It was secured upon the ap
plication of I, J. Dunn and Lyslo I. Ab
bott and means that all saloons In Omaha
will close at midnight and all day Sunday
until after the first of the year.
The chief of police I enjoined to "forth
with arrest, or cause to be arretted by the
rreTitors of the jrolice force of the city of
Omaha, all persona found violating the
laws of the state of Nebraska or giving
away malt, tplrltuous or vinous liquors
on the first day of the week, commonly
,C!!d Sunday, or in keeping their places
of business, commonly called saloons, open
between tha hours of 1 o'clock p. m. and
, 4 o' clonk a. m." He Is further directed to
"detect" all such Infractions. The mayor
( Js Instructed to "assist" and the board to
give orders la consonance with the man
date of the court.
The service of the .mandamus Monday
- gave . rlae ' to the rumor that the police
board contemplated tha strict enforcement
of the Slocutnb law, beginning with the first
of the year. One of the Commissioners Is
authority for the statement that the report
. Is without foundation.
Cibaa Reciprocity Then Applies.
WASHINGTON. Dec. II. The secretary
irf the treasury has issued a circular letter
or instructions to olltror or tne cuetums
erylca and others interested In bringing
Into operation the treaty of reciprocity tsiifl
Cuba, approved December 11, jtK'i, and male
efTwctlva by act of oongresa and the presi
dent's proclamation on December IT. 1'inS.
The circular dvclres that the treaty be
imi oprtlve one minute after midnight
Dewmbar tl.
Vk Heiulsrhe an retltre all the troubles hit.
tut to a bilious at ol las , suck aa lsia
S'nsss, htuo, UrowatneM, UistraM slisf saung,
1-sib ia (lis Side, Ac V bus their Must nouuJIr
able suscsss has ecea shew a la coring
0DuI
Hosduhe.yrt Osrtw'tLliuLiTrl'illsare()nany
valusU to Cotutipstkia, eohaf sad pKoiuuf
this ftaaoytug eumplainl, bn tbrr a'secorrsct
aU Stsonirrs of tue sioiBsctt, tiiinulai ae li
aue ngulaie Um buwcla. Jat sa tf tlx y ealy cun4
C 3
Aeh ttkry would )MlRMprlcrlrM to those who
uiar fci tats disiiwing euotptaiat; but fortu
Kul7UMtr(uodueadr out Md bets, sud loose
io oc v j tbm will tad Um IhUs paisvsia
ici. In to sianr;i tlil llw-r will sot h wuuag
10 wiiWut Ihous. but tUmt ail -ct I
CARTER'S
liven
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la ttt baas of so suay Urea tbst km it where we
suue r (rwt buaau Oat ule eure M mhim
OU!-.'S do DAil. .
luut i l.mis LWor Pill ar very smH aa4
cry smj to u- .- or t pill ka dusa.
1 sry sx strictiy vtydakle do o gnpo or
p.ii, but by lUnr ni aciiua dIsm J t
tuoua. ia iis si S6 cfit; B- fur fti. fite
b sUeits esyiksi, or soat by suaX
CAirrn:: mudiciku co.,
Yfk Clt.s
Orand Commander FTd W. Vsvghan of
the Nebraska Knight Templar has lraued
the following greeting to the Knights
Templnr of Nebraska:
The committee of the grand encampment
of Knights Templar of the United States
of America on Chtiatmas observance has
prepared the following sentiment fur the
coming Christmas:
To our Most Imminent Grand Master.
Henry Fates Stoddard: As a hundred thou
sand knights at one moment look south
ward, so a hundred thousand hearts go
forth to him with glad Christmas greet
Inr. The grand master sends the following re-
To one hundred and forty thousand
knights In the north, the south, the east
and the west, greeting:
"Sweet Christmas Joy be thine.
To make my fondest dreans complete
The Iwlla ring out my mnage sweet,
And this Is what they reem to say:
"drift Himi oti All on rhrldtmul daV.
While our eyes and our hearts are turned
toward our most eminent grand master, so
should our minds be always centered nimn
some worthr oblect, founded upon truth,
JusM'-e and Jlberty.
There has Just been established, with the
aid or h grand commnmlery tne re
brnk Mmonh Hiim. "to feed the hungrv,
e'o'he the naked, and bind no the wounds
of the afflicted.'.' Iet us as Kmgni Temp
lar exemn'lfv our charity, b-wriltsllty and
universal hrnevolence by cont-lhutlng Upon
thin Christmas dnv sn oft Tin for the
creation of a fund X be used for the pur
chase of medical supplies for the Inmates
of the Nebraska Masonlo Home; for as
this dav is the anniversary of the nativity
of our Savior, so let each of us make It the
birth of some resolution havlnc for Its end
our own moral betterment and that of the
world. .
It l my wish that eommannery m
this 1iiril!rtlin. without sn exeerjtlon.'asi
eembl In Its asylum on Friday the J6th
dav nf December. A . O . 7RS. A. D. 19(18. at
It o'clock In tho forenoon, standard time
(equivalent to noon, eastern standard time,
K n m. One-nwIeM. narttclonte In the
beautiful Christmas observance and unite
In the sentiment proposed by the committee
to our most eminent grand master, enry
B"tes Stoddard.
You will make renort nf such action to
ad, ren-er W,ft,ll W ri 1 1
Omaha, end remit to flm al' offerings mode
lor the Nebraska Masonlo Home.
Eight camps were represented at the
last meeting of the Modern Woodmen of
American promotlen committee. The ennl
versary meeting to be held In B. ft M.
camp's hall on the evening of January
g, received the earnest consideration of
the meeting, which It Intended to make a
red letter day In the history of woodcraft
In Omaha. A subcommittee has been ap
pointed to arrange all the details of the
affair. This committee consists of Neigh
bors Rlepen of 130, Tagger of 1723, Grimes
of MS. Foley of HM, Houchln of 1831. Meyer
of 6128 er.i Pennle of 1095. Th commit
tee fa trying to secure the presence of
HeaS Consul 'Talbot, Supreme Organlsor
Ralph E. Johnson and Director , C. O,
Saunders and others equally distinguished
In woodcraft.
The next union meeting will be held with
Maple camp on the evening of January
28. This meeting will be up to the standard
fixed by the two former' ones and those
who attend may expect' a most enjoyable
time. '
l
Clan Gordon, No. S, Order of Scottish
Clans, held its regular meetMig Tuesday
last. One new member was Initiated and
another passed the ballot. Great prepara
tions are being made for the annual Burns
celebration In Washington hall the evening
of, January X. A very entertaining pro
gram also has been arranged for Monday I
evening at Kountte Memorial churoh, when
Miss Flora F. Donaldson, (he Scottish
prima, donna, will give a concert In con
junction with Mr. Oavln Bpenoe, the Scot
tish tenor an,d entertainer.
Bankers Union lodge. No. L.gave a fancy
paper dress ball Monday, evening at Wash
ington ha!l, with about 100 couples In ati
tendance. Howell's ' orchestra furnished
the music. The affair was under the gen
eral management of Deputy J. F. Kelly,
with Arthur Theodore and John $wanson
as assistants, who deserve a great deal
of credit for the successful manner In
which the affair was conducted. Prises
for costume and dancing were won .by
Miaa Anna Lndmesser, Miss Marguerite
tNn m. nA Vfooar. Bm Tirsstutr and A r
i ,
Theodore.
Omaha tent. No. W, Knights of the Mao-
cabeea, met In' regular review last Thurs-
day evening and about 100 sir knights .were I
present. Five candidates were initiated
and twelve applicants were elected Into
membership. The entertainment- commit-
tee reported that full arrangements had
been made for the. entertainment to be
held at Washington hall on Christmas eve.
A class of twenty-five will be Initiated at
the next review to be held on the evening
of December SI. and 'as this will be the
last opportunity, tor the present arrange
ment committee to report. It la expected
to be In full evidence. Under the good
of tlfe order several visiting sir knights
responded to calls, as did the newly Initi
ated sir knignts.
Branch No. K3. Ladies' Catholic Benevol.
ent'asroclatlon, at Its regular meeting Fri
day evening, Dtcember 11; elected these
officers for the year 1H:
"Past pre:lflent, Mr. Nellie Dlneen; presi
dent Mn. Marv Miller: first vice prest.
dent, Mrs. Ellfn M. Mulligan: second vice
rresldunt. Mrs. Winifred Demnsey; re-:
cordcr, Mrs. Mary Sweeney; assistant re
xritrr Mr. Klian Tobln: financial secre
tary. Miss Anna Morsn; treasurer, Miss
r ! ssbeih Moran; marshal, Mrs. Margaret
iTMr.erv auarfl. MHs P.cl e Sweeney; rosrl
of trusters, Mrs. Nellie Dlneen. Mrs. Ellen
M. Mulligan and Mrs. Margaret Maner.
Omaha council No. S, Royal League.
elected these officers for the coming year:
"R. C- Jordan, archon; WlUlam McCor
muck, vice arehon; Dr. R. M. Stone, orator;
1. A. Johnson, past archon; F. R. Strelaht.
scribe: W. C. Potts, collector; C. t). Btel-
lard, treasurer: A. Frank, prelate; O. A.
Cook, gulds; W. H. Potts, warder; W ii.
Johnson, rentry. ,
STREET CAR COMPANY WINS
Gets Decision In Case. Broeght by
V Widow of hatha g,
Meltta.
The case of Mrs. Nathan S. McLean
against the Omaha at Council Bluffs Street
Railway Company was brought to an end
yesterday when Judge Fawcett sustained
the motion of the defendant In which the
prayer was made that the case be taken
from the Jury and that a verdict be found
tor the defendant.
In finding for the defendant Judge Faw
cett eald ths evidence was not what It
should hove been la order to show conclu
sively that the plaintiff In this- case was
not responsible In a large measure for his
own death. , It "Vas held that he knew of
the time of the cars, that he was walking
on right-hand track when a due regard for
hie own safety should have prompted him
to take the left track, and further that he
thereby contributed to the causes leading
up to hi death. It was also held that a
street car company Is not bound to ob
serve the same degree of speed or the Same
precaution In the sparsely settled portions
of a city aa It does In the operation of Its
cars In the business portions. For these
reasons the car which killed Mclean wae
running at a high rate of speed and th
company could not therefore be said to
have been guilty of contributory negligence,
the court decided.
DIKD.
MARTIS Mabl J, beloved daughter nf
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Mart Is, December x,
Ijii, aaod years i month M Uy.
Cause of dnotit, scarlet fever
Knaral privste. " urisf at 1 p. m , fr-jfu
r-ti.t-m. iC-A ,Hrtul !.. itcruieut.
AnignmeBti ti Kale bj BamngetQDt of
Gonial Et-ff of Aibj.
SEVERAL CHANGES ARE MADE AT OMAHA
General Wist Seereeds .General Bona.
ner on Bowie, Leneh, MeClernnn
and Bro.h All Are
Transferred.
The following announcement from the
War department gives the list of start offi
cers assigned to duty with the new military
'divisions Just created by the general staff
of the army;
"Northern Division Headquarters, St.
Louis, Mo.. Oeneral John C. Bates, com
manding; personal aide-de-camp, Captain
W. M. Wright; First Lieutenant Van Leer
Wills; chief of staff, Major E. J. McCler-
nand; assistants to chief of staff. Major
James A. Irons, Captain David DuB. Oall-
lard; adjutant general, Lieutenant Colonel
Jslmea Parker; chief engineer officer, Cap
tain William B. Ladue; inspector general.
Colonel Charles H. Heyle; assistants to
Inspector general. Lieutenant Colonel
Frank West, Major William A. Nichols.
Southwest Division Headquarter ' 'at
Oklahoma City, Okl., Major Oeneral S. a
Sumner commanding; personal aide-de
camp, First Lieutenant Hamilton Bowie,
Ninth cavalry) chief of staff. Lieutenant
Colonel Henry F- McCain; assistants to
chl?f of staff. Captain J. J. Pershing, First
Lieutenant John C. Oakes; adjutant gen
eral. Lieutenant Colonel Snyder Taylor;
chief engineer officer. Major . Smith B.
Leach; Inspector general. Lieutenant Col
onel Charles A. Williams; assistants to in
spector general. Major Leonard W. Lower
ing. '
Department of the Mls.oorl.
Department of the Missouri Headquar
ters, Omaha; Brigadier Oeneral T. 3. Wlnt
commanding; adjutant general. Major
Charles R. Noyes, Ninth Infantry; Judge
advocate. Captain William H. Doane; chief
quartermaster. Major Estcourt Sawyer;
chief commissary, Major William HI Bean;
chief surgeon. Colonel Charles B. Byrne;
chief paymaster, Major J. C. Muhlenberg.
From the foregoing assignment of offi
cers the Department of the Missouri will
therefore lose Oeneral Sumner, Lieutenant
Bowie and Major Smith S. Leach, who go
to the Southwest division, and. Major E, J.
McClernand, who becomes chief of staff at
the Northern division, and Lieutenant Col
onel D. H. Brush of the Eleventh Infantry,
acting chief Inspector of the department.
It will be observed that Captain J. J.
Pershing la assigned to-staff duty at the
headquarters of the Southwest division, as
assistant to the adjutant general of. that
division. v
URGES HIGHER EDUCATION
PreL' B. Blaack of lewa University
Leetorea on Subject In Bo.
hemlan Hall. '
Prof. B. Slmek, instructor of botany of
the Iowa 'university, Iowa City, addressad i
a large gathering at Boher. ian hall. South
Thirteenth street Sunday afternoon on the
subject of "Higher Education" in the Bo
hemian language. . '
Mr. Slmek presented two phases of the
subject. His first discussion was confined
to the fallacy of objections advanced by
many eminent In business life tending to
discourage young people seeking a higher I
education. TDe theory that a nigner edu
cation unfitted one for practical llfet. tended
to Indolence and shiftlessness, the speaker
declared was purely false.
'Higher education was eminently deslr
ous for those who could obtain It," Mr.
Slmek said, "because It was the foundation
of all science and the bulwark' behind the
advanced literature and art of tha . age.' i
Tou could not expect a giant effort from
an untrained mind; the preservation of the
beat things irt life hinges on higher educa
tion and renders It Indlspenslble. Not the
favored few, but all should seek a higher
education and.be willing to forego the sor-
did pleasures of the world, which attracted
far-too many, to obtain It."
In presenting the second phase of his
subject Mr. BImek dealt with the plan
evolved by the Council of Higher Educa
tion, of which organisation he Is president,
to help ' worthy young people obtain such
an education, as their mentality and recep
tive faculties would permit, for the speaker
contended.' no two persons were endowed
alike and a course ' of Instruction which
would In one Instance produce a higher edu
cated person would In another produce
merely a person well informed. The appli
cation of knowledge gleaned by years of
study, the speaker said, showed the extent
of the learning assimilated.
Continuing, Mr. Slmek said, that the
Council Of Higher Education was assisting''
a large number of worthy young people to
get an education In various states.. It was
maintained by contributions from the dlf- J
ferent Bohemian organisations, mainly the
Bskol, or athletic organisation which had
been most generous In the psst. The coun
cil was now enjoying a period of unusual
prosperity and the dissemination of knowl
edge was as ever Its one hobby. It was
acting, also, In the capacity of an advisory
board to parents, selecting proper Institu
tions In which to educate their children.
PAYS FRIENDSHIP BY THEFT
imager woo is uivea Homo Steals
from Those Wae Take
Him In.
For. betraying the confidence of friends
and robbing a member of the family of il5,
Tlece Frltzwater, a young man from Orand
Island, was sentenced to thirty days In the
county jail by Judge Berka In police court
A little over a week ago FriUwater came
to Omaha. Meeting Frank Dodder of 1&3
Indiana avenue he represented to him that
ha was without a place to sleep and also
without funds. Out of sheer compassion Mr.
Dodder took him In, inviting him to his
home, where Mrs. Dodder, Frank's mother,
provlded ths best sha had for the young
stranger. ,
Last Friday Fritswater stole SIS from th
Dodder household. At the trial Fritswater I Kulltr but Clark attempted tp Set up a de
endeavored to Implicate young Dodder In fenae, claiming that he was merely with
tne tnen of the money. He finally told,
however, that he had taken the money on
his own account and had given $10 to a
youtig woman and' spent the remalniag 5.
GROCERS STILL STAND FIRM
Will Meet Again to Boo If They Have
Yet Stayed Trading Stasnn
Basin...
It Is a firm chin with? the Retail Grocers'
association In the unpleasantness about
trading stamps. Tha executive committee
usri. um . evening ana wiu consider
whether any further action la necesiary or
possible. Members of th association claim
that they .re forcing th. .tamp, out of th.
city without unbalancing trade conditions
or losing any business for Omaha. From a
list prepared there were at one time t Mr tr
ail firms aelling goceiira. either exclusively
or as a department, which gave grading
stamps. Now there Is said to be only four
teen such firms. The fight lu other llu.s of
trad hue not bn taken up yet, as has
. f rr vicaui. y-. t
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HOLD MEETING NEXT MONTH
Appraiser of . Water Works Defer
Session Owing; to Illness of
Mr. Alvord;--
Owing to the sickness of Appraiser Al-
vord the water works appraising board
will not convene In Omaha again until
January. A - meeting there had been
planned for last week and It was thought
that consideration of the distributing sys
tem could be finished. Information has
been received from Appraiser Bensenberg,
however, to the effect that Mr. Alvord has
been Quite ill and foroed to relinquish work
for a time. Accordingly the December ses
sion was postponed.
Superintendent Hunt of the water .com
pany was anxious to have the meeting
held, aa he is competed to go to California
this winter because of delicate bronchial
tubes. Because of the fact that he has
been with the company since It began to
lay mains in Omaha, he Is said to have a
better first hand knowledge of the plant
than anone else connected with the cor
poration. Now he aavs he will not wait
for the appraisers, but will leave for Los
Angeles and Santiago the first of the year,'
In obedience to his doctor's orders. .
HELD ON CHARGE OF ROBBERY
Two Boya Are Bound Over for Bnatcta-
Ing Pnrao Ont of Woman's .
Hands.
Ray Clark and Elmer Donahue were ar
raigned In police court on the charge of
highway robbery, Mrs. Sarah D. Howard al-
I eSlng that on last Friday afternoon tha
I boys snatched her purse containing (18. is
I nd made away with It. Donahue pleaded
Donahue and had no Idea that his friend
Intended robbing tne womitn.
Mrs. Howard j who realdes at SjST Farnam
street, testified that Donahue had slipped
up beside her and before she realized what
he Intended doing snatched her purse and
was running with It down Nineteenth
street Clark, she aa.ld, ran after him. Ser-
r-ir.t Dempsey testified that Clark had
confessed to him that he was mixed up in
the affair, admitting that he and Donahue
had been hanging around the First Congre
gational church for several hours with the
hope of capturing a "luadbd wallet.'' The
boys were bound over lit the sum of $1,200
each. . -
t'onl Companies that Down.
hlR Valley Coal company and n"e Lehiit
. . 1 - r n . n ii r. ... .
c Wtlkeitbarr. (ai lompeny announce a
auspMinlon of work from December IA to
ie 111 tier
it this
January . ana 11 1.. llKeiy intl tnis move
mill be followed by other companies.
No Tins to r'ool Away.
Coughs, colds snd lung troubles demand
prompt treatment with Dr. King's New
Discovery. No cur., no pay. Sue, Jl 00. For
sAle by Kuhu Co.
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1U1 BlIBCJIIBBLilal II r I IZ
ALL QUIET- Ol? . ISTHMUS NOW
No Cnuinal Oscarrenoerin that Fart of tha
World, According to ftluv. '
PRESIDENT ' MARROQUIN IS INSISTENT
Cables General Reyes No Negotiations
Are Acceptable Which Do Not
Inclndo Paaaaa'i Retnrn
to Colombian Rale.
WASHINGTON, Deo. a. The Navy de
partment received a cablegram from Rear
Admiral Olasa, commanding the naval
forces on the Isthmus, glvlug & general
summary of the conditions that prevail
there and of various steps that have been
taken by the navy. The cablegram stated
that everything was quiet The text of
the dispatch was not made public.
The Navy department now baa a very
formidable array of vessels on duty at the
Isthmus of Panama. To the south of th
isthmus are the Concord, the Boston, the
Wyoming and the Marble'head, to be aug
mented by the New Tork, Rear Admiral
Olaas' regular flagship. To the east of th
Isthmus are the Mayflower, the Prairie, the
Atanta, the Nashville and the Bancroft
Proceeding southward to join the other ves
sets under Immediate command of Rear
Admiral Coghlan, is the Olympla, his reg
ular flagship.
Marraqala le Insistent.
PANAMA, Dec. n. News was brought
by the steamer Martinique from Blvanllla
that two battalions of Colombian troops
have left Savflnllla for Quidedo. A. pas
senger on. 'the Martinique declares that
everything Is -quiet at Bavacllla and that
there Is a growing feeling on the part of
the people of Colombia to accept the situ
ation on the Isthmus. ' -
It Is reported that President Marroqutn
recently sent this tejegrarn to Oeneral
Reyes at Washington: -
Any negotiation which do not look to
th re-establishment of th Integrity of
Colombia will not be acceptable. . .
Oeneral Reyes la said to have replied
partly as follows:
All aggression against Panama will be
disastrous to Colombia.. I wlU undertake
further negoUat'ona.
The dates of the cablegrams are not
given. 1 1
The ceremony of bleaslng the flag of tha
new republio -waa performed In Panama
this morning in the plasa fronting the bar
racks, here. Mass was said by tho regi
mental chaplain, who blessed the regi
mental flags. The regiment surrounded
Oeneral Obarrio, who made a hor.t speech.
while the soldiers, policemen and firemen
swore fidelity to the flag.
- Marines Well Located.
Three hundred and eighty marines are
now at Empire station, on the Panama
railroad, under command of fdajor John A.
Lejeune. The marines are comfortably
settled and are well supplied with good
water. Th auxiliary cruiser Dixie before
leaving Colon left stores sufficient fat two
Weeks and the marines are getting beef and
bread from local sources.
The four companies of marines at preeent
occupy fourteen one-story houses belonging
to the canal company. The company com
mandera are respectively Captain Hiram
R.. Pears. Csptaln William W. Low, Cap
tain Louis M. Little, Captain John N.
Wright. Captain Smedley D. Butler, for
merly of toe converted cruiser Prairie, Is
In command of the company of marines at
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Too Much Holiday Fun and Folly
Too much of a gooH thing! That's what we are
til liable to take during a holiday season. Healthy,
jolly people will do it and make themselves sick.
"In time of peace prepare for war," and have about
tho house 'a pleasant, perfect, palatable, .positive
medicine for sour stomach, sick headache, colic,
winds, belching, biliousness, furred tongue, lazy
liver, constipation, bad breath, bad taste, all liable
to result from, holiday over-indulgence. Cascarets
Candy Cathartic is what you want; a tablet after a
big meal will prevent sickness, of a tablet at night
before going to bed, after a good time, will fix you
all right for morning, and let you get up clear as a
teU, ready for business or pleasure. . ' ,
Bst far th Bewcl. All dru(lsts, lac, 5C, yx. Nsv.r sol la hulk.
7 Oo.uii.s utl stsuip CC C. fiuuntHd u
vccivcxj t?:ys'u.z"' ,"-''s'
owiiiaf fc.sn.sdy C., Cbitae m hie Vw'a,
Yavlx.. The company at Empire, ia sit
uated on the top of a hl!L The heilth of
tho men la good. They have been- engaged
since their arrival In bettering their sur
roundings, building roads, clearing the
brush near their dwellings, in getting stores
and other duties. The marines have .dona
some scouting for the' purpose of aecer-
talnlng the condition of the nearby tafis
and the points to which they lead.
. Works Wonders for Women.
Xnectrlo Bitters Invigorate the female
system and cures nervousness, headache,
backache and conaxlpatlon or no pay. too.
For sal by Kuhn eV Co.
NOT YET TIME TO JUBILATE
L, D. Itlchards Says Money and Bnergy
till Aro Needed to Bell
Fremont Canal. .
L. D. Richards 'of Fremont who has been
the most prominent promoter of the Fre
mont Power canal, spent Monday In town
on business.
"No, I he canal U not yet built,' eald Mr.
Richards. "We have made great progress.
It depends still upon successful financial
arrangements, but we hope to pull that
through eventually. I told the people gt
Fremont that It was a little early to jubi
late and w should have to keep right oil
pushing for awhile yet to make sure that
It would materialise."
A safe rough Medicine for Children.
In buying a ough medicine for children
never be afraid to buy Chamberlain's
Cough Romedy. There is" ho danger from
it and relief Is always sure to follow. It Is
especially valuable for colds, croup and
whoop'ng cough.
ba the Dgnt f tue grocers,
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