Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, May 11, 1904, Page 2, Image 2
THE OMAIIA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, MAY H. 1904. Telephone 604. tVE CLOSE 6ATUR "Tb greateat prob lems arc solved through clean nderatanrilnsr i i - oi tac smaller I onri." 1 All our It Milled Curtains are three yards long, but the prices are nurprifungly short. Here are price hints: tvinch wide white Boblnet Curtains, with lace Insertion, 6-Inch ruffle with lace edge, 11.4 a pair. 42-Inch wMe white Boblnet Curtain, with Battenber lace edglns and Inser tion, B-lnch ruffle, t-M a pair. 45-Inch wide ecru color Rnblnct Curtains, with 3'4-lnch cream lace insertion and B-lnoh lace ruffle. I2.2R a pair. 6o-lnrh wide new Index Boblnet Curtains, ruffled only at bottom, lace Inser tion and edging, 13.00 a pair. 44-Inch wide white Boblnet Curtains, with ecru lace appllfiue, also ecru lace on 4-lnch ruffle, W.oo a pair. Deposit Account Department. Have you Investigated It? If not do so. we will gladly explain Its workings to you. Tou receive 4 per cent Interest crmpounded four times a year on all de posit accounts. Every penny and every dollar earns Interest for you until spent or withdrawn. Thihu?S)irj, UtemDEKi C, Y. M. C A. Building. Corner Sixteenth and Douglas St. the company lias been resumed. These lines are the East Japan coast, West Japan coast, Shanghai line, Formosa line and Seattle line. The local office was Instructed to contract for freight at this port for de livery at Fusan and Chemulpo, Corea, also to Che Foo and Tien Tsln, China. Cotton Is Contraband. T. PETERSBURG. May 10,-An Imperial order declaring cotton contraband of war was officially gasetted this morning. The action of . lbs ' Russian government In declaring cotton" to be contraband of war Is due to It'- being used In the manufacture of high explosives. Prices on j,the Bourse were still weaker today, Russian' Imperial 4 touching 83. Raaala rails Mare Reserves. iT. PETERSBURG, May W. An Imperial ukase issued today- calls out the reserves of several districts In the governments of Poltava, Kursk, KharkoA. Ryazan, Kaluga and Tula wit, the. view of the completion of the unit to te sent to the far east from the military districts of Kleff and Moscow. Japanese Approaching- Mukden. MUKDEN. May ".-(Delayed In Transmis sion.) Japanese ?&trdls from Feng Wang Cheng have been observed In the direction of Yaoyp. A small Japanese detachment of Infantry and cavalry has occupied Kwan Dlan Sian. ' the railroad station at Ba Flan Dlan hflr been' occupied by Russian troops. ... Railroad Open to Port Arthur. ST. PETERSBURG," Hay 10.-6:40 p. m. The correspondent of the Associated Press has obtained absolute confirmation of the report that-' railroad communication with Port Arthur t again open. The first loco motive came through last night and the second at o'clock this evening. Russians Good to Japanese. NEW YORK. May 10. -Japanese refugees numbering S42 from the Island of Sakhalin have arrived at Hakodate, says a Times dispatch from Toklo. They reported .that every facility had been granted to them by the Russians and that they suffered no violence. . . Landlnavsu) Kal Ikon a. ,Felnt. NEW CHWANQ, Monday, May .-(De-layed In Transmission.) A report from a hitherto unfailing source says the recent Japanese landing at Kal Chou was a feint and that the real landing was made fifty miles further south. Japanese Interrupt Traffic. SEOUL, April SO. 8:30 p. m. (Delayed In Transmission.) The Japanese authorities peremptorily refuse to permit steamers to sail from Chemulpo for Chlnnampo. or to leave that port. - Deny Japanese Capture Dalny. T. PETERSBURG, May 10.-A semi official dispatch-from Mukden, dated today, denies) the reports that the Japanese have captured Tort Dalny. ' Ifetr' Commlaaary General. ST. PETERSBURG. May . lO.-General Huber itiss heen appointed commissary gen eral of the "Russian army In Manchuria, - . . Hmeeiirar Rates to' North Dakota. Every Tuesday until October 28 the Chi cago Great Western railway will sell round trip ticket 'to points in the above named state at a great reduction from the usual fare. - For further Information .apply to Gso. F. Thomas, ' general agent, 1612 Far nam street, Omaha, Neb. World's Fair. Via the WABASH RAILROAD. 111. to St. Louis and return on sale dally, Wabash City Ticket Office, 164)1 Farnara St.. Omaha. Constipation tno Flatulency Cured In a day with Drake's Palmetto Wine. Every reader of this paper should send postal card for free trial bovUo to Drake Formula Oompany, Chicago. . CUT OUT THIS COUPON. Omaha Be A Trip to St. Louis ONE One Vote for. Address. Town. J CUT THIS OUT Deposit at Bee Office or mall to "Exposition Department," Omaha Bee, Omaha, Nebraska. V . I CUT OUT THIS COUPON. Omaha Bee Exposition Coupon A Trip to St. Louis via The Wabash PREPAYMENT COUPON .Volts for. Address . Town. -Stud ice te (oame). Address. ' This coupon, when accompanied by a rash prepaid subscription to TUB BSJO, eouate vulealor each He paid, 100 votes lor each d-llar Bald, eto, A subaorlpUoa cannot ba prepaid until the amount due to date has been paid. I lpoait at ilea Offloe or mail to ' iU position Department," Omaha fee. Oman. Neb. Htfft8f9S3tSSSWSSf DATS AT P. M. Bee. May 14, 1904. RUFFLED NET CURTAINS NO COURT IN SAN MIGUEL Judge Bteveni Bays to Bold it Wou'd Be a Farce, WALKS THROUGH LINES OF SOLDIERY In Caostlo Review of the Situation in Colorado Ha Admits leeleee ness of Enforcing Civil Law. TELLURIDE, Colo.. May 10,-Judge The- ron Stevens today adjourned the May term of court, as this county (San Miguel) la under martial law No action was taken on the application to make permanent the Injunction granted the court at Ouray re straining the Citizens' Alliance and mine owners from Interfering with the return of the deported miners to their homes In Tel lurlde. In announcing Ills decision Judge Btevens referred to the fact that when ho came Into town last evening he waa forced to walk through files of soldiers, who had been stationed at the depot with orders to arrest deported union men who, It was falsely reported, were returning with the Judge. "The demonstration at the depot upon the arrival of the train," said Judge Stevens, "could only have been planned and " exe cuted for the purpose of showing the con tempt of the military and a certain portion of this community for the civil authority of the state and the civil authority of this district. I had always been led to suppose. from such research as I had been able to make, that In a republic like ours the peo ple were supreme, that the people had ex pressed their will In a constitution which was enacted for the government of all au thority In this state. . .. "That 'constitution provides that the mili tary shall always be In strict subordination to the civil authorities. It Is doubtless construed differently, however, by the ex ecutive who has declared this county to be In a state of insurrection and has declared martial law within Its limits.' Such being the case, It would simply be a farce to at tempt to enforce civil law In this county. Ho Venom la 'Em. . No poisonous purgatives enter Into. Dr. King's New Life Pills. Easy, but prompt, they cure or no pay. Only 26c. For sale by Kuhn 4c Co. Attention Hyatle Shrlners! Tangier Temple has accepted an Invita tion to attend a ceremonial session at Sioux City In company with ZaGaZIg Tern pie of Dea Moines, May 12. A special com bined passenger and milk train via the Northwestern Line will leave Union Sta tion at 12:46 p. m. sharp, In time for the day light parade at Sioux City at I p. m.; be fore the ceremonies at the opera house. Train returns after the session.. Greatly reducod railroad rates. Advise your ac ceptance quickly. CARL HERRING. Potentate. A Marvelous ServU-e. , - " Going east by the New . York Central lines you ' have the oholce of t trains, a day from Chicago, J trains a day from St.' Louis and 6 trains, a day from Cin cinnati.' ' ' , , ,. ; -. Tou will remember that this is the line via Niagara Falls, tied the route, of the "Fast Mall." "Lake. Shore : .Limited," "Twentieth Century Limited'' and - the "Knickerbocker Special." DIED. FOLEY P. C, aged 42 years. Funeral, Wednesday morning, May 11 at 8:30 a. m., from family residence, '3108 Blondo street, to St. Cecelia church. In terment St. Mary's cemetey. South Omaha. HAMBURG Frank, May 9, 1904, aged 34 years 10 days. Funeral Thursday, May 18, at I p. m. from family residence, 1620 No. Twenty-second street. Friends Invited. Exposition Coupon via The Wabash VOTE Nam, State, Name. Bteta, ff MMMMfcfctMMMW DELEGATES CO ON RECORD Co'ored Members at Methodic Confsrsnos r rotes t Aei-it Hotels. PUBLIC SCHOOL QUESTION DISCUSSED Resolution to Petition Congress fori Constitutional Amendment Prohib iting lie of Public Fands for Sectarian Purposes. LOS ANGELES, May 10. Addresses from fraternal delegates to the Methodist gen eral conference wns the order today at the morning session, nt which Bishop J. Vincent of Zurich, Switzerland, pre sided. These addresses were as follows: Rev. Waddy Moss, D. I)., of Dldsbury college, Manchester, England; Rev. William Dobson, D. D., Canada; Rev. Charles II. Crookshenks, M. A.,' Ireland; Rev. J. C. Kllgo, D, IX, Methodist Episcopal church, south, president of Durham college. These addresses were the special order of the day and occupied the entire morning hours until recess. The final report of the book committee to the general conference ia in the hands of the delegates In pamphlet form. It Is a de tailed report of the business transacted by the book concerns during the last quad rcnnlum and of the various funds under the supervision of that committee. The re port shows the total sales of the book con cern of New York for the last four years to have been $3,59".fl2, and of the western book concern' for the same period 14,650,800. The Episcopal fund, created for ministerial support, shows a cash balance of $127,131, a substantial Increase over the total at the close of the previous quadrennlum. The report makes only casual allusion to the Important questions of unification of the publishing houses, as the matter Is dully covered In a special memorial In the book committee to the general conference, in which fourteen members pass the proposed plan of consolidation and five disapprove. The chairman of the committee on the state of the church has announced the ap pointment of nix subcommittees to which will be referred the various matters com ing under the jurisdiction of this commit tee. The most Important subcommittee Is that on amusements, of which Judge H. L. Sibley of Ohio Is chairman. A great number of memorials on various subjects are now In the hands of the committee on State of church, chief among these being those dealing with the amusement ques tion. Thirty-four memorials from as many annual conferences have been received on this single subject. Other memorials pertaining to changes In the probation time limit, the question of brotherhoods, ratio of representation In the general conference, representation of ladles aid societies In the quarterly confer ences, composition of lay electoral confer ences, the social problem, licensing women to preach, selection of professors In Meth odist institutions of learning, election of stewards by the membership, hymns In class meetings, ordlnatlbn of deacons, en tire sanctiflcatlon and organlo union of Methodism In Japan. Before the committee on. Itineracy there are now thirty-three memorials and peti tions from annual and quarterly confer ences on the subject of the pastoral limit. Many of them favor the restoration of the limit. There Is, however, spirited oppo sition among the delegates to making any change In the present unlimited tenure on the grounds that four years have not suf ficed to give a thorough trial to the plan. The subject Is now In the hands of a sub ' committee W fifteen, which wlll report back to the committee on Itineracy with their recommendation of action on the subject next Friday. Everything Indicates that there will be a vigorous contest on this question, which Is likely to be Anally (ought out on the floor of . the confer ence. The colored delegates, through Rev. Hammond of Tennessee, put the-ntelvos on record In a strong protest against the action of certain Los Angeles hotels aud restaurants in refusing to entertain col ored guests. Rev. Hammond . presented a resolution condemning the attitude of these places, which was adopted by the conference. The public school qu-jstlon was again brought up In a resolution by ltev. W. P. Haylett of Mississippi, asking that, the general conference petition congress and that all other Protestant denominations be asked to Join In the movement . to se cure the enactment of an amendment to the constitution "forever prohibiting the use of. the public school fund, for sectarian purposes." , Rev. Hayleft, ,Ji speaking of this reso lution,, declared that In. many instances political considerations deter men Seeking public office, from voicing .their opinions upon, this subject The matter ' was re ferred to the .committee on state of the church, . , KUROKl A FINE STRATEGIST Continued from First Page. a demonstration of the effectiveness of their new guns. The Immediate result of today's work will be to greatly shorten their line of Und communication, enabling them to use a sea base much nearer the scene of active oner. atlona. The Japanese sent a strons? forra of Infantry and two batteries of artillery in pursuit. These captured twenty-eight Held guns and twenty officers and many men. They estimate the total Russian strength at more than 10,000. The Japanese ' casualties were several hundred, but are not reported exactly. At this writing the Russians attempted to re inforce rrom Hoo Chou. but the Japanese were too quick. O. K. DAVIS. NEBRASKA CROP CONDITIONS Week of Good Urowlnar Weather ends Farm Work Along; Fast. Weekly bulletin of the Nebraska section of the climate and crop service of the weather bureau for the week ending Mon day, May , 1904: Warm and wet week, the best growing weather this season: the mean dally tem perature averaged l decrees above normal. Showers occurred in all parts of the state on several days with a total rainfall fur the week decidedly above normal at mobt places; the rainfall exceeded una inrh in most counties and Mceeded two Inches in a L-unKiurrame area in the southwestern pert of the state. All vegetation has grown well. Winter wheat has Improved In the western part of the state, but a considerable area In a few western counties mill be plowed up and the ground planted to corn; generally winter wheat Is In good condition. Spring wheat and oats are up, with a good stand In most places. Corn planting has pro gressed but slowly, being retarded by rains; the early planted corn In a few southern counties is comlna un nleelv. Fruit trees sre blooming profusely In nearly all parts of the state; a few localities report peacn trees Injured; strawberries are blossoming ruliy. Pamton Jt Gallaa-ker at Beatrice. BEATRICE. Neb., May 10-(Speclal.)-It la understood Paxton A Gallagher of Omaha will soon establish a wholesale grocery house In this city. J. C. Metsler, the flrm'a representative In this territory, has purchased property In Beatrice for the urpose of making his home here, aal It la said that the stock wlU be shipped Just as soon as suitable quarters can le secured. It is the Intention to supply the trade In this locality from the branch house at this point. Beatrice will certainly be glad to nvmber an institution of this kind among its business enterprises. FATAL HOOTl AT KKBRASKA CITV Trouble Caused by Wife of One of . Partlelpaata Leaving Home. - NEBRASKA CITY, Neb.. May lO.-ISpe-clat Telegram.) Jesse Toung. colored, lnte this evening shot and perhaps fatally In jured James Botts, also colored. In the north part of the city. Young accused Botts of parting him from his wife and nn altercation ensued, when Young suddenly pulled his gun and shot at Botts five times, two shots taking effect, one In the left and the other in the right side. Botts was con sidered a harmless and hard working man, while Young has heen In trouble a number of times. Young Is In custody. f'nnaresarann Klnknld at Home. O'NEILL, Neb., May 10. (Bpeclnl.)-Hon. M P. Klnkald, congressman of this district and candidate for re-election, arrived home from Washington and New York today and Is now receiving the plaudits of his neigh bors and friends. Judge Klnkaid Is highly pleased with the appreciation shown by his neighbors for the work done by him, Is In tho best of health and spirits and hopes to be able to do as much for his constituents during the next session as at the session of corgress Just closed. . Arreata Two Ileeerte-rs. SIDNEY, Neb.. May 10.-(8peeia! Tele gram.) Sheriff Lee and Deputy Washburn arrested two men today who proved to be deserters from the Cnlted States srmy. Their names are August Hecht and Albert S"hultx and they belong to Company C, Eleventh Infantry, stationed at Fort D. A. Russell. Sheriff Lee left for Cheyenne to night with his prisoners and will deliver them to tho federal authorities at Chey enne. The men claim they were on a pro tracted spree end were on their return to the post after they had sobered up. They were dressed in suits of denim. Bio- Rash for Lands. SIDNEY. Neb., May 10. (Special Tele gram.) The rush for land under tho Kln kald act continues unabated and the t'nited States land office is crowded dally with anxious Inquiries. June 28 Is the day set for filings and preparations are being made by the local land Office to wait upon the hundreds who will" avail themselves of the provisions of the new law. Team and Boggy Stolen. LOUISVILLE. Neb., May 10.-(Speclal Telegram.) The team of Ed Ingram, who lives east of town, was stolen from the hitch rack at this place about :30 last evening. It was a bay and- dark brown, hitched to a spring wagon. A coat which was In the buggy was found on the road leading toward Syracuse., MASS OF RAILROAD FIGURES (Continued from First Page.) of reproduction new of all of Its lines. As shown above, such cost of reproduction is about 33V per cent more than the present fair cash value of the tangible property, al lowing rroper depreciation. It is clear, theretore, that If the assessment of the previous year should be repeated this year, more than 33Vs per cent, representing, If you please, franchises or Intangible prop erty would have been added to the fair cash value of the tangible property. In his discussion of franchises Mr. Scrlb ner divided the matter into two subjects: "What la the definition of a franchise as applied to a railroad corporation? What of such franchises are properly subject to assessment by the ' state or Its subdi visions?", He define ':the franchise to be the right to be pr ttu right to do business and held that the first had no particular value for anyone could get the right. The right to do, he said, carried the privilege of engaging In the business prescribed by the articles Of Incorporation, This addition of ' taxable property, he said, would be made to the tangible property. As It Is not assessed as tangible property It must be to some extent valued and assessed as a franchise. He continued: Only Local Trafllo Taxable. It has been said that the privilege granted to a railroad company of transacting rail road business In the state Is prop erly a subject of taxation by the state and should be assessed as in tangible property. ' Conceding this to be true, for the purpose of this argument, the state can have the power to tax only the firlvlleges of carrying local passengers and oca I freight. The state has not granted, and cannot of Itself grant, the prlvllega of engaging In Interstate commerce and tak ing tolls for Interstate traffic. That privi lege is granted by the federal constitution, and is solely within the power of congress to regulate and control. It has been settled that the state has no power to abridge it, control It, regulate it or tax it. The su preme court of the United States has de cided, In many cases, that a state cannot tax the privilege of engaging In Interstate commerce. t The freight and passenger accounts of the Union Pacific Railway company show thai of its total gross earnings from freight and passenger traffic accredited to Its line within the state of Nebraska, about flve slxths or 83H per cent are derived from Inter state business, and only about one sixth or 16H per cent from local busi ness. These figures are taken from the accounts of the company for the year 1903. Market Value of Securities. On the matter of taking the market value of tho stocks and bonds of a railroad com pany as a standard for arriving at the value of the line within a state, Mr. Scrib ner held that It had not been opposed by the supreme court of the United States, but on the other hand he said It had been renounced by that court on several occa sions. He continued: The stock and bond values of a railroad Are you Brainy Enough to select a dipt especially to keep the liraln Btroug, keen and well nourished? Brain and Nerves are physical wear away under use Just like other tissue and the more Hraln work one does the more nourishment Is required or Brain will suffer and grow dull. "Gray Matter" Is Built of Albumen and I'Uosphate of Pot ash In the dally food and these ele ments are provided in better pro portion and more easily digested form In drape-Nuts than Jn any other food. That's a solid, sturdy fact. Grixpe-Ni4s fOOD BUILDS BRAINS Trial Prove. Tbora'a Raaaon. Oet lie Tittle Vook." "The Eoad to Wellville," la each pkfc of the ine actual properties nnu ",OT7 company but the supposed value or Its the ght goou win, a mere'y .pnuuinj 10 expeci rrom me rmviujm"" v j , a . - i . I m. MM .m oor ana irum wiss and ri win'iimni - nt. as wen as many oiner miuimruf. -may effect the market prices of the stocKs entirely Independent of the propertv Itself. A statement of the stock and bond values of the Union Paciric Railroad company la here submitted: . . . Union Pacific, Oregon Short Line. Oregon I l.. l.l l il I.. . . t v. .. . r a a .nninitn ,1 flaAl Inst Liinuiuiirn i iiir . ' ' ' ......... - their properties of all kinds: Total Ibonds afloat ,?79-? .0iV Dk6 xuiai blocks anuai Total bonds and stocks afloat.. t487.639.86S Less bonds of other companies held as as sets t 19,683,200 Less stock of other cnmpunles held as as- sets 189,3Sl,671-t2n9,004.R71 Net bonds and stock afloat. .t27S.634.815 Less land assets I 4.39,844 Less water line jprop- , . ertles, estimated .... 4,000,000-t S.320.944 t270.3O4.9n Miles owned June 30, 1903 6,104.68 Par value bonds and stocks, per mile t44,278.00 Klkborn Wants Reduction. Mr. Crandon of the Northwestern said the theory of assessing property on Its stocks and bonds was fallacious and if followed by the board would result In an Injustice be ing done. As for a franchise, he said It was merely the right to do business and It would bo foolish to tax that. That the franchise of a railroad was valuable because the rail road could raise its rates. Mr. Crandon said, was also foolish, because the freight rates were governed by the maximum freight rate law, and tho courts were al ways open to enforce the law if the rail roads failed to observe it. He scouted tho idea that the value of the terminals In Chicago should be distributed over other states In which their railroads run, and cited an opinion which he said Was handed down by the United States supreme court that this could not be done. He held that terminals should be taxed where they are. He argued that the Elkhorn branch of the Northwestern was assessed at a higher rate than it should be, and that while it showed a net earning it did not pay the interest on the bonds. Therefore It had no franchise and all of Its property was not worth more than tW.OOO a mile. To say that the rail roads owned one-fifth of the valuation of the state, he said, was wrong, for every bit of the railroad property In the. stateJ could be reproduced on three townships, leaving 800 on the outside. He said the railroads had been paying one-seventh of the taxes and he was willing that theyj should pay that much if that was right, but no more. Governor Makes nggeatlon. In discussing the producing power of his road and what tended to make It valuable, Mr. Crandon was Interrupted by Governor Mickey, who said: "In 1872 I bought land from the Union Pacific In Polk county for 84 an acre.' cultivated It, built a house for tS,000, barn for $1,600, two other small barns, tenant's house. The assessor valued that property this year at $80 an acta; tr fct would mean an assessment of $16 an acre. When It comes to producing -revenue the land doesn't produce any more than It did twenty-five years ago. Hasn't the sur rounding property enhanced Its value?" Mr. Crandon answered that the farm had a market value which could be secured from sale. The value of anything Is what a man can get for It. If the Northwestern could be sold .for more than it cost to' con struct It, it IS worth more. The North western, however, he said, could not be sold. Ari Mr. Crandon said further If the board found that the Elkhorn was worth more than for what It sold It was the duty of the board to add the difference to Its calculation. Mr. Crandon laid particular stress on his statement that the railroads had no market value like other property and he regretted that anyone should think that the assessment of his road should be In creased. Governor Mickey again broke into the talk at this Juncture and recited for the benefit of Mr. Crandon that the valuation In 1890 was $194,000,000, which since that time had decreased $12,000,000 on all property. The governor Informed Mr. Crandon and the others that It was Impossible to raise revenue on a decreasing valuation. He then recited the addition of the supreme court commission, three times as many district Judges, and the needs of the state institutions to show the extra expense of the state. As the state had been restricted to a 5-mill levy he held that the only way to raise the revenue required was to change the valuation. "It Is the duty of the board," he concluded, "to turn about and face the other way," and Mr. Crandon agreed with the governor. Mr. Mortensen then Interrupted to ask If the decrease In the amount of Interest from 7 or 8 per cent had not made the railroads more valuable In that they had more things to haul, more money had been Invested and Interest expenses were less. The fact that a road cost so much years ago, Mr. Mortensen finished, was not conclusive that that was Its value now. SUMMARY OF CROP CONDITIONS la Nebraska Corn IMantlnsr Is Inter rupted by the Recent Rains. WASHINGTON, Msy 10. The weather bureau's weekly summary of crop con ditions is as follows: The condition of the week ending May 8 were favorable In all districts with the exception of the north Pacific coast and middle Rocky mountain region, where trusts and freezing temperatures were in jurious. Heavy rains in portions of the lower Missouri ana tie a mver or the North vallvi still in TXAa retarded wnrlc nnd caueed damage by washing land, but were of ffreat nenent in relieving tne droutn con ditlcns. Corn planting Is now In otera tlon under very favorable conditions througtiout the northern portion of the corn belt. In Nebraska, Kansas and north ern Missouri, however, planting has been Interrupted by rains. In Iowa this work has made good progress and It Is likely that the bulk of the crop in that stale will be planted earlier than In recent years. A general Improvement in the condition of .he winter wheat Is indicated, especially over the western portions of the winter wheat belt and In the middle Atlantic states, but the outlook for the crop In the states or tne linio valley continues very poor. Spring wheat seeding Is largely fin ished, except on wet lands In the northern portions of North Dakota and Minnesota. The early sown over the southern part of the spring wheat region Is making good growth. On the north Pacific coast the week has been loo cool for rapid advance ment. Early sown oats are generally Improved and In a promising condition throughout the centra! valleys and middle Atlantic states, but In the south Atlantic and east fulf states, where oats are now neaaing, he outlook Is very poor. NEBRASKA MEN SUCCESSFUL Appear Before the Medical Esaanlaaj Board for Entrance Into tba Kaval Arademy. AANAPOLIS. Md.. May 10-The Medical Examining board ordered to the navsl academy for the purpose of physically examining candidates who recently passed their mental tests, accepted eleven of the men. These Include: Harry Pike Let ton, C. A. Relmers and Albert ReJmera, Nebraska. Among the candldatea who took . the mental examination of the civil servtos throughout the country the follow ing were successful: g. T. Bridges, Nebraska; E. H. Cule rick, Illinois; A. D. Penney, Missouri; R. F.'. Fowler, Nebraska; C. A. Harris, South Dakota; R. M. Jaeger (at large). North Dakota , E. W. Jukea, Illlnola; O H. Melvtn. Illinois; W. K. Page, Lilnuls; W, H, Pasbley, IlllnoU company cover and Includ" not only Ml ENGINEER WALLACE ACCEPTS Qenaral Manager of Illinois Central Eu Chugs of Oso&l Constrao'.ion. UNITED STATES WARSHIPS FOR CHE F00 Vessels Will Be Stationed Where They t'a-m Be Called I pon at Short .No tlce If Seeded to Protect American Interests. WASHINGTON. May 10. Admiral Walker, president of the Tunam com mission, received a telegram today from John Flndlay Wallace of Chicago, gen eral manager of the Illinois Central rail road, accepting the appointment of chief engineer In charge of the construction of the canal. Mr. Wallace will receive a salary of $25,000 a year. "Mr. Wallace has been considered for some time for the position of chief en gineer," said Admiral Walker. "No one stands higher in his profession nor Is better equipped to take up the work r.nd the commission Is to be congratulated In securing the services of such a man." Mr. Wallace will take up his work with the commission on June 1. President Fish was very unwilling to have Mr. Wallace leave the services of the company. In reaching the conclusion to accept Mr. Wallace gave up his pros pects of promotion and a much higher salary than $25,000 a year, but by taking the position of chief engineer of the Pan ama canal his name will be attached to the greatest piece of construction ever undertaken. Possibly the most Important qualifica tion possessed by Mr. Wallace Is his abil ity and tack in the management of men. For several years all questions Involving the matter of labor and the control of la bor organisations In the entire system of the Illinois Central Railroad company have devolved on Mr. Wallace for settle ment. He has superintended some of the greatest engineering feats in the coun try.. The successor of Mr. Wallace as gen eral manager of the Illinois Central will probably be A. W. Sullivan, I. G. Fawn or W. J. Harahan. Warahlps for Far K,at. It Is nald that the two United States warships which have been ordered to Che Foo will act under the Instructions suggested by the American minister and the consul at New Chwang. It Is be lieved to be desirable not to advance the ships from this nearest neutral port Into the theater of war without very grave reasons. The captains of the ships, there fore, will communicate with Minister Con ger, who In turn Is expected to communi cate with Consul Miller at New Chwang. Powder Mllla Blow t p, TROY. N. Y May 10. Two mills of the Schagtlcoke Powder company were blown up today. Two employes were killed and many building demolished. f "! NEXT TIME You buy a package of Gum. Insist on your dealer giving you "CHASE'S GUM" with each package a full deck of azzle Playing Cards is given Absolutely Free. Raszle Is one of the very beat games ever placed on the market. It is not only very Interesting, but one of the "scrappiest" games ever devised. 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