Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, February 22, 1904, Page 3, Image 3
TFIE OMAIIA DAILY DEE: MONDAY. FEBRUARY 22. 1004. .NEWS OF INTEREST FROM IOWA. COUNCIL ROGERS ' TO KEEP IP F1GIII Will lik for New Trial dad Arpiftl Case if Tkis ii Rifuted H m. NOT DISTURBED OVER HIS CONVICTION Council muffs People t'oatlnae to Make It Warm, for Membere of tbe Omaha an Clob. Counsel for W. C. Rogers, convicted of murder In tho second degree for the kilting of Saloon Keeper Hort Forney on the night of April 3 laKt, announced yesterday that they would move for a new trial and If this ' la denied will certainly take the caae up on appeal to the supreme court. In the event of a new trial being denied. It la not expected that Rogers will be able to fur nish the appeal bond which will likely be required, and he will have to go to the penitentiary. Itogwre took Uve verdict of the Jury with apparently cynical Indifference. As the Jury filed into Uiotr swate he glanced fur tively eJt thorn, but when Judge Wheelor read the .verdict lie betrayed no motion exnept to ttghten tbe grip of hla hands on the eoft hat which he wan holding. After the Jury had been polled he leaned over and for a few minutes held an earnest, whlsporcd conversation with his counsel, Attorney Ware. As he was being lod from the court room back to the Jail Rogers, as he pawed through the court room door said: "Well, It has Just begun," but what he meant by this he did not explain, lie asked to be permitted to light a cigarette before the handcuffs were planed on him and , thin Sheriff Canning readily granted. Rogers lit the cigarette with a display of complete Indifference and even smiled. As he re entered the jail he turned to one of the .deputies guarding him and exolalmed. "Murder In the second degree," concluding the remark with a alight laugh. The verdict was reached by ' the Jury about 13:30, but it took on hour to sum mon and bring Judge Wheelor, the attor neys Interested in the cane and the court attaches to the court house. None of Rogers' friends was In the court room when the verdict was announced. Tn ad dition to the court officials, attorneys and tho officers, only a few newspaper men were present. An extra guard has been placed at the county Jail, there being five men on duty there at night and three during the day time. Counsel for Rogers contend that the Jury erred in bringing In a verdict of murder In the seoond degreet Tne verdict, they Insist, should have been guilty of murder tn the first degree or acquittal, and that the find ing of the Jury was a compromise verdict. On this ground alone they say they expect to get a new trial. The statement that the punishment for the crime of murder In the second degree Is Imprlsoament at tbe discretion of the court, the law fixing neither a maximum nor a tntnlnnrm penalty, la erroneous. The law . provides minimum sentence of ten years in the penitentiary, but a persoa Convicted 6f this crime could be sentenced for life or Any number of years not less than ten. Jt Is stated that on the first ballot eight Or the Jury were for a verdict of guilty it Braider ra the first degree and that four Were against' It but tn favor of a verdict of g-nftty of murder tn the second degree, tfbese four evidently brought the other fefgfit around to their way of thinking. Knfotns Mrs. Keellne. Vast before Judge Thornell left the city Saturday evening to spend Sunday with bis family at Stdney he granted A. A. Clark a temporary injunction restraining ltfr. W. . C Keellne and her daughter, Strs. Nellie Sautter, from trespassing on E property known as "The Keellne Place" Hast Broadway. W. C. Keellne some te years ago sold this property to Clark fcnd recently Mrs. Koellno brought suit to , betve the deed set aside, she alleging that , rfh was forced to sign ft through personal , tear of her husband. Clark has been In Jjossensiou Of the property for the last three years, bt recently Mrs. Keellne and her daughter sought to obtain possession by renting a portion of the dwelling on land from. Clark's tenant They re fused to vacate, it Is alleged by Clark, and claim to be In possefwlon of the prop- The hearing on tbe application to fnake the Injunction permanent has been at for Saturday In the district court Ogden Hotel Rooms, with or without board; steam heat; free bath; public par tor. after Omaha Isortaut s. 7orsey BurgeBs, one of the three Omaha sportsmen charged with shooting at a number of young lads of this city who were scalping outside the enclosure at the recent shooting tournament of the Omaha Oun club at the grounds near the river, has been made defendant In a 120.000 personal Injury damage suit. The suit Is brought by Rob ert Toung of J6JD West Broadway, engineer at the waterworks company's pumping station, on behalf of his son, who, It is al leged, was shot In the face by Burgess. Original notice of the suit was served on Burgess by Constable Albertl. W. D. Townsend. another prominent member of the Omaha Oun club, has been cited to appear before Justice Oar en Tues day and answer to a charge of shooting game birds in Pottawattamie county, Iowa, without having first obtained the requisite license, for which (10 la demanded. The Information, against Townsend was filed April 11 of last year by Deputy Fish and Qame Warden E. C. Brown, but for some reson or other the warrant has not been served before. Olsen Bros., plumbing, 700 B'way. TeL A4E8 Commercial Clob Chaagea. It is likely that at the annual meeting of the Commercial club on March 1 a move ment to change the method of electing offi cers will be made. Heretofore the clnb has elected a board of fifty directors, which in turn elected the officers. For some time there has been more or less dissatisfaction among the general members of the club, It being claimed that they had practically no voice In the affairs or administration of tbe club. There will b a movement, it Is Lock s Gun Smith All kinds of repair ing done. We fix everything but broken hearts. I. H. PETERSON, 420 W. Broadway. Phone B767. LEWIS CUTLER MORTICIAN. Pearl 8V. OuencU bluffs. "Phone ft BLUFFS. said, to have the officers elected by the entire membership. Another sourre of dissatisfaction has re sulted from the lnck of generul meeting of the club and It will be suggested that general meetings be held at least once a month henceforth so that the general mem bership may learn something of what Is being done by the directors and executive committee. The present officers of the club are: President, Victor K. Bender; vice presi dents, Chris Jensen and W. H. Kimball; treasurer, Hrnest K. Hart; executive com mittee, H. H. Van Urunt, chairman; F. R. Davis, C. W. McDonald, H. A. Qulnn and H. W. Binder. HBV. STARR STARTS O III. WORK. New Hector of XI. Paul's Greeted by a ISjrge CnnsrrKstlon. Rev. H. W. Btarr, the new rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, delivered his In troductory sermon yestorday morning to a 'congregation which completely filled the church. He took his text from the opening verses of St. Paul's first epistle to the Corinthians, "And I, brethren, when I came unto you, came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom, declaring unto you the testimony of Ood. For I deter. lined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ and Him crucified. And I was with you In weakness and fear and much trembling. And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but In demonstration of the Spirit and of Power; that your faith should not stand '-. Jin wisdom of man, but in the power of Ood," saying in part: The message of Christianity is not a message of Jewlah learning or Greek wis dom; not a lifeless code of morals, not a hard and narrow system of doctrine, nor merely an empty form of outward ap pearance. It Is above everything else the message of a person; of One Who adds to the painful experience of men the Infinite wisdom of Ood; of One Who has been "touched with our Infirmities and there fore knows all of human weakness: of One Who has been tempted In all things as we have been and yet remained without sin; of One Who not only makes us realize our guilt In the sight of Ood, but also shows us a way of escape. St. Paul preached what he had found in his own experience to be true. He preached with the power which came to him from an Intense personal conviction of a personal Bavior wno nan not oniy "taken away the sins of the world," but had saved even Paul himself from the bondage and power of bis own sins. There fore those who had hesrd him preach could not but believe that Taul's Savior was willing and able to save them too. The natural man of today Is not much different from the natural man of St. Paul's own time. Art and philosophy and fovernment have done even more for him nan they were able to do for those who heard St. Paul preach In Corinth nineteen conturles ago. But our musuems of science and art and our great libraries of human learning have not of themselves been able to free our lives frim sin or so transform the conditions of human society that hon esty and temperance and purity are the most conspicuous chirneterlstlcs of our highest civilisation. Htlll do men of the same religious earnestness of St. Paul feel the need of some personal power to give to them a personal salvation from the penalty and the power of sin; still does the natural man need the message of the cru cified Savior which Bt. Paul preached to the people of Corinth; and still does the message meet the need today whenever It la preached as St. Paul preaohed It it la with the confidence of this convic tion which has been brought home to me In my own experience that In bcsrln nlng mv ministry as rector of this parish, I have '"determined not to know anything among you save Jesus Christ, and Him crucified." N. T. Plumbing Co. Tel. 260; night, F 667. The Bachelor Girls. Saturday night's leaders were: A lite Bell l,82a Maggie Kahler.. 15,13 Cora Oretser 14.812 Lixxle McCreary. 14.196; Anna Wack, 13.B2S; Kate Oroneweg, 11.028; Lena Datchler, 10,- and others. As the contest closes one 026, week from tonight the voting from now on will be lively. A vote in given with every cent's worth at DeLong's. Hafer sells lumber. Catch the Idea? Honrs at the Poatofllee. These hours wilt prevail today at the post office: Stamp window, general delivery window and money order dopartment will be open from 8:30 until U a. m. Carriers will make but one delivery, leaving the postofflce at 9 a. m. There will be a busi ness collection made In the afternoon, car riers leaving the postofflce at 1 p. m. The carriers on rural free delivery routes will make no delivery. Plumbing and heating. Blxby & Boa MINOR MENTIOV Davis sells drugs. I.efTert's glasses fit. Stockert sells carpets. The Faust cigar, 6 cents. A store for men "Reno's." The city council will meet In adjourned regular session Tuesday evening. Miss Blanche Arkwrlght ts In Chicago taking a course in ceramic work. Today will be the last day for filing suits for the term of United States court which will open here March 8. Beginning today services will ' be held evarv afternoon In Bt. Paul's Episcopal church at 4:$t) o'clock until Good Friday. The remains of Hans Delttmvr, who died last Friday at St. Bernard's hospital, were taken yesterday to Mlnden, la., for burial. There will be a special meeting this even ing of Star chapter. No. 47. Royal Arch Masons, for work In the murk master's degree. C. A. Wiley, assistant cashier of the First National bank, la confined to his home with a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism. William Moore, who Is seriously 111 with neuralgia of the heart, was reported to be somewhat Improved yesterday. Mrs. Moore and two daughters are home from Chicago. Fred Johnson, chief clerk at the post offlce, left last evening for Hot Springs, Ark., where he will spend his annual vaca tion. He will be accompanied by Hon. Thomas Bowman, and they expect to be gone about three weeks. The Ladles' Aid society of St. Paul's church will meet this afternoon at the" residence of Mrs. C. E. Price, 219 South Seventh street. St. Agnes' guild will meet Tuesday at the home of Mrs. 11 A. Qulnn on Oakland avenue. An Informal reception will be held Tues day evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Tlnley, 112 South Seventh street, to enable the members and friends of Bt. Paul's Episcopal church to meet the new rector, Rev. H. . Btarr, and wife. Judge Wheeler will return to Avoca thU murnlng to wind up the business of the present term of district court. The term at Red Oak was scheduled to open Tuesday but Judge Wheeler has postponed it one werk In order that he may continue the court at Avoca another week. At a recent meeting of the executive committee ot the Southwestern Iowa Mod' ern Woodmen of America Logrolling asso elation It was decided to hold the annual logrolling at Oakland on August 4. Oeorge Bchtllg of Oakland has been elected sec retary and treasurer of the association vice Chris Krlngle of Atlantic, resigned. Doa'l leash All night. Restful sleep follows use of Pr. King's New Discovery, the best lung cure In the world. No cure, no pay. We, $100. For sale by Kuhn 4 Co. Auction: aucuob: Auction! Go to Adler s auction sale of unredeemed Pledges. - 4V S, Cvr. Utb and Faxnaia at ADVICE AS TO THE SCHOOLS itate Superintendent1 Barrett Eta'ei Hit Position on Varioci Subjects. COMES OUT STRONG FOR UNIFORMITY Minimum Standards that Mhonld Re Observed by All School Boards Desires of the Com m Isslo n at tbe Ki posit ton. (From a Staff Corroapmidont.) DKS MOINES. Feb. 21. ( Special. )-Prof. J. F. RIkks. superintendent of public In struction, has Just sent out a circular let ter of gret Importance to the school direc tors In Iowa, In which ho outlines some of the features of the work he desires to make most conspicuous during his term of office. He states that there are certain minimum standards that should be maintained In all schools, since the children In one district are entitled to as good school privileges as are provided for those In another district. There should be practical uniformity throughout the state In the matter of the lnngth of the school year, In the Intelligent supervision of school buildings and tn the oare and Judgment exercised tn the selec tion of teachers. Specifically In regard to these various matters the state superin tendent writes; The Length of the School Year In- this state the prevailing school year In nine months, usually divided Into three terms fall, winter and spring, the terms not nec essarily of equal length. The fact that tho average time the schools of Iowa were In session last year was eight months indi cates that many schools were In session an unreasonably short period. I beg to urge upon your attention the advisability of making your school year nine months if priBwoie, or ai icaat eight months. In districts having but a few children of school age It will often be advisable for the board, with the consent of the county superintendent, to temporarily close the school and transport the children to an ad Joining district ' Supervision of School Buildings The school board should provide for the em ployment of a competent person to put the school grounds and nuthulldlngs In proper condition and to thoroughly clenn the floors, walls and desks of the schoolroom a few days before the opening of each term of school and should pay for this swrvloe from the contingent fund. The director should then personally Inspect the school room ana nuintuiaings that he may satisfy himself that they are In good condition. Superintendents report that vt-rv mnnv out buildings connected with the schools throughout the state are nithv and repul sive. The Interests of life, health and de cency require that greater attention be priven to this Important part of school supervision. Employment of Teachers The most Im portant and at tho same time the most difficult duty directors have to perform is the employment of teachers. This ciutv should, as a rule, be performed by the full board. The board should, where practica ble, employ teachers for tho full school year, beginning with the fall term. While the contract should he made for the full year. It In advisable for hoards. In the case of untried and Inexperienced teachers, to reserve the right to terminate the contract at the close of the first term If the teach er's service has not proved satisfactory to the board. I earnestly recommend that you deter mine the salary you will pay for the year and make It a matter of record. It Is quite customary to pav JR or $10 per month more to a teacher holding a two years' certificate than to one holding a low grade certificate. This policy Is heartily recommended. A fixed purpose on your part to pay liberal salaries will attract many applicants and make It possible for you to select capable, tactful teachers. I.lhrarv Your attention In called to the provisions of the library law. Thin law Is mandatory. Your school treasurer is re quired to withhold for the purchase of li brary books 5 cents for each person of school age In your school corporation, and a larger amount (up to the limit of 15 cents) If directed by the hoard. School boards have very generally pom piled fully with the provisions of thin law. Vour attention Is now called to the neces sity of Installing book cases or other means for tho protection of the books where such provision has not been made. Exposition Appropriations. Tho report of the special committee In the appropriations for the Iowa exhibit I at St. Louis contained a statement of the amdunts appropriated previously for each of the departments and the amounts asked. The commission had $126,000 and asked $110,716 more. The committee recommended $20,000 more and has introduced a bill to that effect. Cummins Gets First Delegation. The Winnebago county convention was held In Forest City Saturday and It gave the first victory to Governor Cummins and his friends tn the pending state fight. The situation was peculiar. The party ma chinery was In the hands of opponents of Governor Cummins and they called a con vention early. B. A. Plummer, a wealthy banker, came out for candidate for con gress and desired to control the entire convention, and It was understood that if successful a Blythe delegation would be selected to the state convention. Then C. A. Olsen , came out for district delegate on a platform endorsing the governor. The case of State Treasurer Gllbertson was also Involved as the endorsement of Plummer would have been taken , as a defeat for him In his home county. Yes- terlay the convention selected n delegation to the state convention Instructed for Olsen, the Cummins man, and a delegation to the congressional convention without reference to Plummer and not Instructed for anybody. The convention also strongly endorsed President Roosevelt, making spe clul mention of his attitude toward the trusts and combines, and endorsed Gov ernor Cummins and his public utterances, especially his defense of the republicans of Iowa and the republican state platform on reciprocity, making mention of his efforts on behalf of reciprocal arrangements with Canada, and also endorsed State Treasurer Glloertson for another term. Will t'se KnoxTtlle Buildings. The legislature will establish the asylum for Inebriates at Knoxvllle, making use of the state property there for that purpose. The senate committee on public health has endorsed the measure and it will carry an appropriation of about $1:2.000 for the purpose. The buildings erected for the blind home will be used and additional land will be secured for the usa'of Inebri ates. The bill meets the approval of the residents of Knoxvllle, who have been seek ing to have a State Normal school estab lished there, but have now became recon ciled to the plan of having the drunks har bored with them. Deaf School Rlght-of-Way. When the senate meets on Monday a com mittee will report In favor of granting to the Council Bluffs. Tabor & Southern rail road the right-of-way through the state ground at the deaf school. This Is the measure by and through which it ts hoped there will be easy communication by trolley wKh Council Bluffs from the state deaf school. The bill was recommended In com mittee yesterday and will be pushed through the senate without objection. Ames Selects Debaters. AMES. Ia.. Feb. 21 (Speclal.)-The final debate was held Saturday evening at the Iowa State college to select the debaters that will represent that Institution In the Intercollegiate debate with Drake univer sity that Ii to be held In Des Moines early In May. Tbe following were selected: R. K. Bliss, Ralph t'ollete, F. 8. Guthrie and N. B. Carver cs alternate. The team that Is to represent Ames will be drilled by Prof. B. II. Hlhbnrd of the department of economics and by Prof. O. H. Cessna of the history department. ' Make Changes at Ames. AMES, la., Feb. a. (Special.) The Board of Trustees of tho Iowa State college at their meeting here passed measures to rec ognise tho departments of history, eco nomics and civics an a separate college of tho Institution hereafter. At rresent Prof. O. H. Cessna Is at the head of the history department, and Trof. B. H. lllb bard Is at the brad of the department of economics. Both men are specialists In their wo.-k and strong courses are given, Including seminary work. Tho department of civics was created at this meeting of the Board of Trustees, and with the his tory and economics department will form the new college. Rx-Superlntendent of Schools Richard C. Barrett was elected to the chair of civics. Tho board also In creased the salary of Prof. A. Marston of the civil engineering department from $2,000 to $2,500 per year. Pmf. Marston had re ceived a good offer from another Iowa In stitution, but the board decided to meet the offer In order to retain Prof. Marston In the engineering department at the Iowa State college. AMERICA TAKESJflOST HONORS Official Report of French Government Relating to Paris Expo sition. NEW YORK, Feb. 21. Tho official report of the French government relating to the Paris exposition of 1P00 shown that this country carried off the honors at tho expo sition. The awards accorded to exhibit ors of tho Fnlted -States were 2,379; Oer many, 1.9S1; Great Britain, 1.W55; Russia, 1.7M; Hungary, 1,351 ; Jupan, 1,307; Austria, 875, and a number of smaller nations or lesser Importance. Thin country's awards comprised 221 grand prizes, B(B gold medals, 726 silver medals, B29 bronie medals and 341 honorable mentions. ' Raising Money for School. SIOITX FALI8, S. D.. Feb. 21. (Special.) Good progress is being made by a local committee to which was delegated the duty of raising the sum of $10,000, which Is to be Sioux Falls' donation toward the con struction of a new $40,000 building which In to be erected by the Lutheran Normal school In this city. tTp to this time nearly $7,000 hnn been pledged. If the school in to bo retained by Sioux Falls, the entire $10,000 must be raised by March 1 next. The committee Is confident It will succeed In securing the remaining $3,000. The Worst Cold Is quickly cured by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It acts on nature's plan, relieves the lungs, aids expectoration, opens the secretions, allays the cough and effects a speedy and permanent cure. Thousands have testified to its superior excellence. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Fair Monday In Nebraska, with Snow In Northwest and Warmer In ast Tuesday. WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-Forecast: For Nebraska Fair Monday; Tuesday partly cloudy, with probably snow In the northwest portion and warmer In east por tion. For Iowa Fair ' Monday and much colder In central and eustern portion; Tues day fair and not soebld. ' For Illinois Fair ',and colder Monday, with a cold wave tin the north and cen tral portions; Tuesday fair; fresh to brisk west to north winds. For Kansas Fair Monday; fair and warmer In the east portion. For North Dakota Increasing cloudiness and not so cold Monday, followed by snow In the western portion; Tuesday snow ex cept fair and colder In the northwestern portion. For South Dakota Partly cloudy and warmer Monday; snow at night or Tues day. For Missouri Snow Monday and much colder In east portion; Tuesday warmer in northwest portion. For Wyoming Fair and warmer In east, rain or snow in west portion Monday; Tuesday fair, except in the northwest, and colder In west portion. For Montana Rain or snow In west and snow in east portion; Monday warmer; Tuesday fair except snow In the northwest portion and colder In north and west por tions. Local neeord. OFFICE OF 7 HE WEATHER BUREAU OMAHA. Feb. 21. Ofttclal record of tem perature and precipitation compared with the corresponding day of the past three years: 1904. 1903. 1902. 1901. Maximum temperature... 22 32 41 22 Minimum temierature. .. lti 12 19 14 Mean temperature 19 22 30 18 Precipitation T .00 .00 T Record of temperature and precipitation at Omaha for this day since March 1, V.K'3: Normal temperature 26 Deficiency for the day 7 Deficiency since March 1 96 Normal precipitation OS Inch Delii lency for the day 03 Inch Total rainfall since Murch 1....32.W Inches Excess Bince March 1 1.48 Inches Deticlencv for cor. period. iwa... .97 Inch Deficiency for cor. period, 1!2 6.69 Inches Reports from Stations at 7 P. M. a? f;i : 5 : o R ; s i : 3 : I 16 221 T 21' 26 .00 84 4o! .00 801 341 .00 44 1 46, .02 26 1 34 .00 Oi 4 .00 121 10 .00 26' 30 .22 32 S2I .26 6! 221 .01 20 2a; .04 261 3u' .00 - '- 4) T 24 i 2S, .02 2 01 .00 60! 60' .00 CONDITION OF THE WliATHEK. Omaha, clear v alentine, clear North Platte, pert cloudy. Cheyenne, cloudy Salt Iike City, cloudy Rapid City, clear Huron, clear WllllHton. clear Chicago, snowing St. Willis, cloudy St. Paul, part cloudy Davenport, clear Kansas City, clear Havre, snowing Helena, snowing Bismarck, clear Galveston, clear T Indicates trace of precipitation. Indicates below xero. L. A, WEIJH, Forecaster. There' not enough differ ence in price to justify you buying imitation. Five kind of Webbach mantle 15. 20.25. 30.35c AI Dealer. 1 WrV f 1 1 1 1 1 IWWWV This Shield ESjiVs, IK Bo, ' S It wriSSACn II EMPIRE OF NEGUS HESELIK Comal General (skinner Makes Eii Beport of Extraordinary Trip. ' sBasssas-ssse NEW AND STRANGE SEEDS ARE COLLECTED Possible Ceffre Plant Can Be Culti vated la West and Rxperlmeats ' to that End Will Be Made. WASHINGTON, Feb. Jl.-How the United States has come Into trade relations with a noweectlon containing millions of people in briefly and modestly told In the report to Mr. Loom Is. the assistant secretary of state, of Robert P. Skinner the American consul general at Marseilles, France, on Ills highly successful special mission to Abysilnia lust November for the purpose of negotiating with King Menellk a trade treaty and to collect Information about the commercial resources of that country. As a result of this mission Mr. Skinner negotiated a treaty which, tf. acceptable, will secure for the United States the most favored nation privileges In Ethiopia and will guarantee to American cltliens and merchandise immunity from discrimination of rates on all public roads and lines of communication. In addition, Mr. Skinner prevailed on King Menellk to accept an Invitation for his country to participate In the St. Louis exposition and preliminary arrangements for a comprehensive exhibit st St. Louis have been made. The king will send dur ing the coming summer a commission of distinguished and representative men who will have charge of the exhibit. Mr. Skin ner, after narrating these facts, says: Acting on behalf of the Agricultural de pnrtmint, I hsve Becured a collection of the seeds of the more Important crops pe culiar to Ethiopia, a number of which may be found valuable In the exploitation of the uncultivated western lands of the United Slates now being made available by the extension of our Irrigation system. I have also In hand material for a report on the agricultural resources of Abyssinia. The Agricultural department particularly desired to secure a collection of wild coffee seeds for experimental purposes. These COIlM lint (.A nhtalnd Atrnir mv vlalt H,t have been ordered and ultimately will be forwarded. Such a collection could be found only In Kaffa, a remote province, access to which Involves a long and ex pensive Journey. The experts of the Agricultural depart ment have a theory that the degeneration of the modern coffee plantation Is due to the fact that coffee culture has been baaed on seed originally Imported from Arabia and that by getting back to the wild coffee plant, the habitat of which Is the province of Kaffa. a new variety may be created, the value of which will be Incalculable. My endeuvor to obtain a pair of large sebrns for cross breeding purposen was also In vain. Those animals are exceedingly rare and difficult to capture alive. I have left Instructions, however. In regard to this matter and trust to be able to supply two of these animals some time tn the future. The presence of the mission In Ethiopia haa had the effect of turning attention to the United States as a probable source of supply for many manufactured articles for which an expanding market Is certain to result upon the completion of the railway and as a probable consuming market for such products as may be available for ex port. Mr. Skinner records In detail his expedi tion to Abyssinia from the time he left New York on October 8 up to the day on which he set sail, January 15. He calls attention to the prompt facilities which the French government offered for the progress of tho expedition. Splendor of Ethiopian Court. Mr. Skinner gives this picturesque de scription of his reception by the emperor: Two hours after coming, accompanied bv M. Chefneux (counselor of state), the mis sion set out for the Aderach, or seat of government, accompanied by an Ethiopian escort of 8.000 men, under the command of a distinguished general. Although our re ception at ilarrar had not been devoid of military pomp we were astonished and our appreciation of the picturesque gratified by the first glimpse of Ethiopian troops upon a ceremonial occasion. Arrayed In gorgeous silks and satins with lion and leopard skin mantels, gold and silver plated bucklers, carrying lances from which floated the national colors, mounted upon spirited horses, they gal loped Into formation, the order of which was an apparent disorder, a scene as In- Mark M Other exceptional features are The Pardon of Becky Day A Plain Statement about Russia and Japan - A Story of Tibet - - - . . A Story of the American Soldier ... A 35-Cent Magazine (a 59) . H. deserlhshls as It wss memorable. A band , of shew players herslded our coming with ' weird music which has not changed since , the fall of Jericho. At the palace of Ottehl our escort fell back snd the mission, always accompanied by the marines snd bluejnckets. proceeded through a series of courtyards and after receiving a salute from a company of 2i native artillerymen under the command of an European officer and a further snlnle of twenty-one guns In honor of the Unlte.l States, we entered the Aderach. an audi ence chamber of cathedral-like proportions and form. The emperor sat upon bis throne sur rounded by hln more Important advisers, representing the administrative depart ments, tho Judiciary, the army and the church. Hack of tho two rows of pillars supporting the roof were massed several thousand of tbe loading people of the Addie-Abahn, All In holiday regulta. Our reception was cordial, but formal. Lions for the President. For nine days M. Skinner wan In con ference with the emperor and his chiefs of state. At the farewell audience the emperor received the entire expedition and bestowed decorations upon all the officers of the mission and presented medals to the marines. To Mr. Skinner the emperor gave two young lions and a pair of ele phant tusks, together with a personal tet ter of friendship and good will addressed to the president, which He gave a testi monials of his friendship and good will to the United States. FISH BUILD A SNUG NEST Denlsen o gsvrgsvsso Sea Protects Itself Against Its Native Enemies. Nature seems to have endowefl the mar bled angler, a fish abounding In the sar gasso sea, with the Instinct of self-protection. This fish In one of the poorest swimmers In the waters and consequently spends most of tts life moving slowly about on the bottom among corals, seaweed, etc., which these fishes closely resemble In color snd outline. They cling, too, to the floating masses of sargnssum weed with their peculated fins, and the color-markings of the fish closely resemble the weed Itself. Not only does this weed thus fur nish a home for this species, but the fish actually constructs a nest from It, and therein deposits Its eggs. One of these nests found In connection with the Haseler expedition tn 1871, was de HERVOUS PROSTRATION. The History of One of Many of Such Cases that I Have Cured. I believe that Ner yiui Prostration Ii one of tha most in 1 1 d iou s diseases known to medical science. It is the :e alt of an over strained condition of tbe nerves, or Impure blood, or a combina tion of both, and nsn allr shows itself after manv months, and possibly yoars of semi-invalidisin. If your blood Is ont of order, or If your Dkrvet are deranged you will find that your stomach does not act as it thould, and you wil! be Uonbled with painful Indigestion; yo'ur liver also will fail to respond in a man ner that Nat are Intended It to, your kidney likewise win become diseased. II of tali means that poisonous secretions are being stored np in tbe body which affect every part of tbe system, and a general feel ing of weakness and debility becomes more apparent from day to day, until such a suf ferer becomes a complete broken-down ner vous wreck. When this stare it reached It is only a step further to an insane asy iuin, or to a miserable death from nervous exhaus tion. There Is no need of getting in '.hit rondl tlon, but if one does get in it, there is no reason wby tbey should not be made well. I have cared by the use of my Dr. Kar's Renovator, hundreds of nervous wrecks. Following Is one of the cases. Mis II- M. 1 warn An Amusing Interview with the Greatest of Humorists by Clara Morris in the MARCH Metropolitan agazme 1 60 Pages of Reading for 1 5 Cents BUSS MX, PUBLISH 8 R, 3 WEST J9TH scribed as consisting cf a round mams of sargnssum about the site of two fists rolled up tog-thrr. To all appearances It was made of nothing but this gulf weed, the hranc 1 I ever, hes a iid leaves of which were, how- evidently knit together and not merely tangled Into a roundish mass, far though some of the loaves and branches bung loose from the 'nest It became at once visible that tho bulk of the ball was held together by threads trending In every direction among the seaweed. By close observation It became apparent that this mass of seawwd was a "nest, the central part of which mas bound up tn the form of a ball, with several loose branches ex iendlng In various directions, by means ot which the whole was kept floating. On still closer examination the nest above described was found tn bo fult of eggs, which were scattered throughout tho whole mass. Nature ban thus afforded a safe asylum for theee somewhat helpless fishes, whose eutaneous filaments, which are plentifully provided on the belly, around tbe month and on the dorsal spina, so nearly re semMo the wood Itself that predaosons fishes doubtless fall to recognise tbe living animals and thus the tatter escape exter mination. Maryland's Kew Senator. Believing that half the peragTaphers tn the crsintry will now Jump at the ohanre. we roepectfullj offer for general nss the following playe cm the name of Maryland's new United States eematnrt Rayner snow; also Rayner shine. When tsador not a, eto. Tho new senator from Maryland Iaador able, Rlrner one who reigns. Reiner one who holds the reins, lisy? He titl Baltimore News. elect "He for "agar Factory. OARLAND, Wyo.. Feb. St. lSpecU.1.) Apostln Abram O. Woodruff of the Mor mon church, accompanied by James Aus tin of tbe Utah Sugar company, has been here for the purpose of selecting the site for a sugar factory, which will be built the coming summer. Beets are to lie planted thin spring, and the plant wilt be ready for the fnll crop. The factory will msrolve an outlay of $W0,O00, and It will be the first sugar factory tn Wyoming. Dames, 37 Medford St., Medford, Mass., tarsi " It would be difficult for me to describe my suffering for three yesrt before taking Dr. Kay's Renovator. Several physicians r renounced my case Nervout Prostration, had many bad symptoms, became very tnln, and lost nearly all of my hair. My stomach caused me to snffer greatly. Sev eral icysidans failed to relieve me. Dr. Kay't Keno' aor has cuted me. It would be impossible for me to exaggerate my case, or tbe benefits I have received." Remember that my Kenvvator was per fected after vnany yean of study and care. It ts a prescription that I have used with great b access and gratification to myself, and has been the cause of happiness and good health to thousands. If yon are suffering from any of the symptoms I have mentioned it Is yoarduty to yourself and yonr family te take yourself in baud. Go to your druggist and ask for Dr. Kay't Renovator. Do not let him put you off with anything else. If be bat not got it, write to roe. I will tend you a sample free so that you can begin treatment at once, and at the same time I will give yon prices for the remedy, to that yon may forward me the necessary nm to effect a permanent and cneedy cure. To all people Unit writing to me I will also give the benefit of my past experience In tbe way of my professions! advice absolutely free. Please remember that if this interest! yon I would like to have all letters addressed to Dr. B. J. Kay, c-o The Dr. B. J. Medical Company, 24 Clinton St., Saratoga Springs, N. Y and I will see that they are promptly - answered sad considered in every way cou tldential V by John Fox, Jr. by Frederick McCormick by Albert Kinross by Rufus F. Zogbaum At All Newsdealers OT., N. V.