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DEDICATE A PARISH SCHOOL President Kooeevelt Addresses 8tudenti tad Assembled Clergy. TALKS OF THE &JTIES OF CITIZENSHIP Great fkr-snonslblllty Reata with Thoc Who Have (he Direction ad Training of the Yonna;. IWth anniversary ctlebratlon at St. Pat rick's church and the dedication of Carroll Hall, the new parochial buildings and parish school. Rev. Dr. Q. J. Stafford, rector of St. Patrick's, acted as the mas ter of ceremonies. Cardinal Gibbons, sev eral archbishops and other dignitaries of the Catholic church attended the exercises the former making an address Immediately preceding that of, the president. H. H. MacFarland, president of he Hoard of Di rectors of the District of Columbia, was the concluding speaker. ' The addresses were made from a bal-I cony on the second floor of the rectory and the audience gathered In the streets. The Intersection of Tenth and C streets, north- west, was packed with people and the I crowd extended fully a square north and south, east and west from the rectory. Dr. Stafford In his opening remarks referred , to the fact that In the century ard more that Bt Patrick's church had worked In Washington no honor had come to It so great as the visit of President Roosevelt. The Knights of Columbus formed a guard of honor for the president and a quad of policemen wus necereary to open the- way through the crowded ' streets. Cheer after cheer went up us the presi dent and his escort appeared. He was met at his carriage by Father Stafford, and as he passed into the rectory a children's Choir of 200 voices, stationed In front of the church, sang hymns. Before the ceremonies were begun the president waa shown through the handsome new rectory. When he stepped out on the balcony ho was cheered loudly, the dem onstration doubling when Cardinal Gib bons took a place by the president's ride and Invited htm to be seated. Dr. Stafford, the first speaker told of the frk of St. Patrick's parish. Its growth and .its hupa or the . future. He' Intro duced Cardinal Gibbons, "Who testified to the value of tho parish and gave great credit to the efforts of Its reel or. Dr. Stafford then Introduced President Roose velt as "The msiif'cf evenhandud Justice; the president of the 'square dial.' " President Makes Address. President Roorevelt thanked the rector and Joined In the laugh which preceded prolonged cheerr. Then he poke as fol lows: t It Is a great pleasure to me to be pres ent with you today, to assist at the dedi cation of the school, hull and rectory of this parish, a parish whose 110 anniversary we also now celebrate; for this p.irlsh was founded six years before the national capital was placed In the present District of Columbia, (cheers and applause). 1 am 5 lad indeed to have been Introduced, Car lnal Gibbons, by you, the spiritual repre Benatlva in a peculiar sense to that lltshop Carroll who played so illustrious a part In the affairs of the church and whose kinsfolk played ns Illustrious a part in the affairs of thj nation at the duwning of this government. In greeting all of you I wish to say that I am especially glad to see the children present, (cheers). You know 1 believe in ciilHren. I want to bh enough of them and the right kind. (Ap plause). I wish today In the very brief remarks that I have to make to dwell upon this thought the thought that oupht to be in the mind of every man and woman here, the thought that while in this country we need wise laws, honestly and fearlessly ex ecuted, and while we cannot afford to tol erate anything but the hlghejt stand rd in the public service of the government, yet that In the last analysis tho future of th country must depend upon the quality of the Individual home, of the Individual man or woman In that home. The future of this country depends upon the way In which the average man and average wo man In It does his or her duty, and that very largely depends upon the way In which the average boy or girl is brought up, (cheers and appluuse). Responsibility of Work. Therefore, a ptcuHar responsibility rests Upon those whose life work it Is to see to the spiritual welfure of our people and upon those who - make it their life work to try to train the citizens of the future so that they shall be worthy of thit fu ture. In wishing you well today, 1 wish you well In doing the most Important work which is allotted to any of our people to do. The rules of good ctttxenshlp are tol erably simple. The trouble Is not in finding them out; the tiouUe la in living up to them after they have been found out. I think we all of us know, fairly well, what qualities there are which In their sum make up the type of character we like to se? in man or wire, son or uuugnier: out i am afraid we don't always see them as well developed as we would like to. I j wish to see in the average American cltl- . men the development of the two sets of qualities which we can roughly In 'It-ate as: sweetness and atrength-.'lie qualities on 1 the one hand which ma'.o the man able ! to hold his own, and those which on the ; other hand make him Jealous of the righis of the others Just as much as for his own rights. We must have both sets of quail- ties. In the hist place the irmn must h ive . the power to Iwar his own. You probably know that I don't rare very much fir I the coward or the moral weakling. 1 want i each of you boys, and the girls Just as I much, and each of you young men 1 and young women to have the quill ties without which people may be amiable ana pleasant wnue tniifcgs go Well, but without which they cannot stand In times of stern trlil. 1 lh to see In tho man manliness. In the woman, womanliness. I wish to see cour Isn't it just barely possible coffee hurts you? Try P0STUM 10 days in its place AND MAKE SURE Get the little book. "The Road to Wtllvllle." In each pkg. Deposit Account Department. age, perseverance, the willingness to face work, to face, you men, if it I necessary, danger; the determination not to shrink back when temporarily beaten In lite, as each one will he now and then, but to come up again and wrest triumph from defeat. I want to see you men strong men and brave men and In addition, I win to see each man of you feel that his strength and his courage but make him the worse unless to tnat strength ami courage are Joined the qualities of tender ness toward those he loves, who are de pendent upon him. and of right dealing with all his neighbors. Congratulation for Accomplishments. Finally, 1 want to congratulate all of us here on certain successes that we have uihleved In the century and a quarter that lias gone by of our Amerlciin life. We have difficulties enough, and e are a long was hhort of perfection. I don't see any immediate danger of our growing too good; there is ample room for effort yet left. Hut we have achieved certain results and we have succeeded In measurably realizing certain ideals. We have grown to accept it as an axiomatic truth of our American life that the man Is to be treated on his worth as a man, without regard to the; accidents of his position (applause); that this la not a government designed to favor the rich man us such or the poor as such, but that It Is designed to favor every man, rich or poor. If he Is a decent man, who acts fairly by hit fellows. (Cheers and applnuse.) We have grown to realize that pttrt of the foundations upon which our liberty rests Is the right of each man to worship his Creator according to the dic tates of his conscience, and the duty of each man to respect his fellow who eo wor ships Him. (Cheers nnd Applause.) And oh. my countrymen, one of tho best augur ies of the future of this country, for the future of this mlghtv and majestic nation of ours, lies In the fact that we brothers have grown to regard one another with a broad anil kindly charity and to realise that the field for homsn endeavor is wide; thnt the fle'd for chnritable. philanthropic, religious work is wide, and that while a corner of It remains unfilled we do a dread ful wrone- If we fill to welcome the work done In fhnt field by everv man, no matter what his creed. provided onlv he works with a lofty -ense of his du'v to God and his duty to his neighbor. (Cheers and ap plaue.) After a speech by Commissioner Mae Fnrland the choir sang "America" and a number of hymns. The president Joined In the slnslrg nnd the audience was not rlow to follow. A number of younger church officials followed the president to his enrrlege. Ho shook hand with them and called heartily as he drove away, "Ooodby. boys; I am glad to have been with you." JEW IIOXOHS FOR WIIITEI.AW REID Knnior He is to Succeed Cboate mm Ambnaaador to Great Britain. WASHINGTON, Nov. a. It wus made known dellnltely today that almost imi.e oiately after March 4 next perhaps before that date Whitelaw Relit i,t N..i Vnu will bo nominated by President Roosevelt to be ambassador to Great Britain to suc ceed Joseph H. Choite, also of New York. In his elevation to this particular post In the diplomatic bervloe Mr. Reld Is to attain his cherished aspirations of tin years or more. He was ambassador' to the French republic during Harrison's admin istration, and In ltiti was nominated for vice president on the ticket headed by General Harrison. Mr. Reid was a candidate for the am hassadornhlp to Great Britain during tho iirst McKinley adminl.tlration. but Mr. McKlnley eventually after one or two chifts, appointed Mr. Choate. President Roosevelt. It Is said. Is to ap point Mr. Reid to Mr. Choate's post In conformity with Jhe reported policy that there la to be a new deal all around that If, the appointees of McKinley, whom Roosevelt retained, are to give pluce to new men. As yet nothing has lieen determined con cerning Genera) Porter as ambassador to tho French republic. PHEijIDEXT TO ATTEND It ELMO Goes to Texas In Spring to Meet I Rough Rider Companions. WASHINGTON Nov. 20. President Roosevelt, according to his present Inten tions, will visit Fort Worth. Tex., In the eprlng on the occasion of the reunion of the First Volunteer cavalry (Rough Rid ers). He has given his assurance that unless something unforseen happera he will make the trip. With the possible excep tion of an addresa to his comrades, It 1b stated that the president will make no sieeches either going or returning. PLAIN SPEECH TO THE CZAR (Continued from First Page.) destroys the feeling of safety and exercises a disintegration influence upon all branches of national activity. Progress Is imposaible so long as bureaucracy Mocks the guaran tee ut personal rights, thereby paralyzing the very essence of Individual initiative. The absence of freedom of conscience, speech and press are prime factors ill tho estrangement of rulers ard people. Restrictions bear grievously upon the classes as well us the musses, intensify discontent, the acts and opinions of the ruling spher-s. fostering irresponsibility and arbitrariness. Bureaucracy promotes religious Intoler ance, muzzles the press and atlfles freedom of speech In order to give a specious ap pearance of solidity to the structure of the state. The bui'oiuicracy effort to Imprison the people's minds Inevitably leads to the exercise of brute force. We want a free nnd Independent administration of Justice as an essentlul safeguard against this con stant encroachment upon the life nnd lib erty of the Individual. No real reform Is possible without equal ity of all individuals before the liw. For this reason peasant must he rescued from tli"lr nrescnl condition of servitude ind granted equal rights with- other classes of the community. Peusints must be given the widest share In focal government by the creation of a small semstvo svatem to be thoroughly revised so as to hind It into closer contact' with the neonle and the on'y method of assuring permanently these reforms lies In the regular participation of the peonl In the legislative government of the country. INSIDE OF C AMPAIGN HISTORY (Continued from First Pace.) members of the Union Pacific lobby, and one of them was a messenger and spotter for Baldwin at the last legislature. The committee refused to confirm these appointees and pressed for their dianlaaul, but the chairman begged hard for them, saying he feared their discharge would alienate Important Influences needed In the campaign and he Ignored the wish of the committee. He continued to use up the campaign funds by checking them out without a treasurer's draft. . Ha appointed heads of bureaus at extravagant salirles without reporting to or consulting with the executive committee. The Meet lllah-Haaded Case. The appointment of the head of the speakers' bureau waa a most high-handed proceeding. Chairman Burgess bad Called hla committee together on Friday, laying before them his recommendation of Charley Rlgg. I objected to the Installation of Rlgg. explaining my reasons. The other members seemed to hesitate and i was doubtful whether the appointment could be confirmed If It came to a. vote, al though I declared that all I would Insist on. If the others were determined to put him In. waa to be recorded against It. At Mr. Burgess' own request the meeting ad journed until the following Tuesday to give him time to submit other names. Put Monday Mr. Burgess assumed of his own motion to appoint Mr. Rlgg and fix his salary at $.V) a week. He telegraphed all the executive committee, excepting my self, that he had called the adjourned meeting off and Jumped on the train with Mr. Rlgg for Chicago to negotiate there for speakers with the national speakers' bureau. It was another two weeks be for? the committee was allowed to meet and It promptly cut Mr. Rlgg's salary down to 35 a week and board, although he had already drawn the 30. With less speak ing In Nebraska In the campaign Just closed than in any even year campaign In a decade, the administration of the speak ers' bureau still cost more money than ever before. In the Interval as the campaign pro gressed complaints of mismanagement at the state headquarters multiplied. County chairmen who came to Omaha to transact business with the state chairman were frequently unable to find him at all and those ho found him were unable to get any satisfactory answer to their Inquiries. Their letters were unanswered and thell requests Ignored. Around headquarters it was notorious that Chalrmnn Burgess was not In his office half the time, and when out he was to be located most usually. If at all, by telephoning to the Union Pacific headquarters. Culmination of Inefficiency. The culmination came on Friday of the second week preceding election. On that day Treasurer Hennings discovered that a German newspaper, which had been subsi dized and circulated with republican money out of a secret fund used by Chairman Burgess, contained vicious attacks upon Governor Mickey and upon John L. Ken nedy, and was supporting their democratic opponents. Mr. Hennings Immediately translated the articles and hastening to the slate headquarters. In the presence of Chairman Burgess and Secretary Allen, created a veritable "scene." The explana tion offered by Mr Burgess was that this woe a national committee deal end that the state committee had nothing to do with it, and that no one could help being sold out and deceived by tho publisher of the paper In question. Other fncts about the deal with this Ger man paper became known about the same time; that the first Installment of the money due to this paper had been paid by Mr. Burgess by personal checks drawn on the Flrt National bank of Lincoln, Instead of by drafts on the treasurer of the state committee; that on one occasion he had paid him by endorsing over to him a check for S100, drawn to himself by Frank B. Johnson of the Omaha Printing company, and that he had later paid him In cash stored In the Merchants' National bank of Omaha. Frank Johnson, who was known to be In close and constant touch with Chairman Burgess, Is a dled-ln-the-wool democrat. He was a disappointed applicant for appointment by Governor Mickey on the Omaha police board and was actively fighting the governer by every means. The fact that his concern does much of the printing for the Union Pacific and that the attaches of the Union Pacific law depart ment were also openly fighting Governor Mickey lent color to the complaints thnt the governor was not getting a square deal at the hands of Chairman Burgess. In fact, the consensus of reports at thnt time from all over the state were decidedly dis couraging to the governpr's chnnces, and warned his friends that vigorous action was needed. On their representation Con gressman Burkett sent T. C. Munger of Lincoln to Omaha to see what was the matter at headquarters and to stralghtee things out If he could. Tom Munger Takes Charge. Mr. Munger arrived, if I remember cor rectly, on Sunduy and called on me to as certain what I could tell him of the situa tion. He called on other people and came to the speedy conclusion that affairs were In bad shape. He tried to find Chairman Burgess, but was unable to locate him and only a hunt high and low brought him in late Monday night looking decidedly the worse for wear. While I have this only on hearsay, I waa told that he was able to give only an Incoherent report on the status of things at headquarters. He explulned his absence by raying he made so many promises and incurred so many obligations that he was afraid to meet the people wait ing for him at headquarters. The secret money he had been using outside of the regular campaign fund had been furnished him, he declared, from tho national com mittee and the Johnson check represented money borrowed to tide him over a de layed remittance. An Inventory of current expenses dis closed the fact that all the money in the treasury had been spent and that some $3,000 of dcjjts had been accumulated be yond the resources In sight, while the salary list at headquarters was running over 1500 a week. Mr. Munger insisted on the discharge of all the help at once, and when Mr. Burgess displayed a reluctance to do this, that disagreeable duty was as signed to Secretary Allen, who performed It promptly Tuesday morning. Money Gone, Nothing Accomplished, At this time Chairman Burges had spent 18,000 of money collected from as sessments and contributions throughout the atate and was over 13,000 In the hole and not a cent had been turned over to a sin gle county organization to help In the fighl It was putting up. In other words, the money had all been absorbed in salaries printing and postage without a dollar con tributed or saved for getting the vote" reg istered or getting It out to the polls en electlcn day. Mr Munger directed Chair man Uurgcjsa to shut down all of his Woir and to stuy uninterruptedly ut headquar ters to sign official papers. Mr. Munger called Hurry Lindsay and others to his assistance fur u lust supreme effort to cave the governor. Money waa ralBvd for the county organisations to insure bringing tr voters to the polls, accu,nu;uteU corie spondence at headquarters wus taken to Lincoln for answer and a hundred wheels set In motion to counteract the mlvchief done by the opposition In their campa'grt against thu governor. It waa agreed to make Anal our appeal to republicans not to let the state go back to populism, and thlu one effective argument uted through the press and in personal solicitation un questionably turned the tide. During th a period Mr. Burgess waa Indeed tractat e. On my demand he at last issued the oft refused call for the committee to meet after election and would, doubtless, have put his signature to a resignation had It been required. That Vermis Paper Deal. One word more with reference to the deal with the German pup.T about which so much has been said. According to the story told me by the publisher, his con tract was made with Chairman Burgess In the presence of the chief of the prebs bureau, and he had no dealings with any one el bo. He claims that hla contract pro vided that hla paper should support repub lican candidates for the legislature and up hold the new revenue luw, and nothing else; that It waa distinctly understood that he was free to suivrt whom he pleased for governor and for other offices. Mr. Burgess exacted receipts from him for every payment made. He was furnl-hed with copy to be translated Into his pJfT. none of which contained anything favor able to Governor Mickey or bore outside of the legislative contest, excepting a portrait of Burgess himself. whlch he was asked to Insert In his paper as a spec'' fvor to help along his candidacy for congress to succeed Mr. Burkett. He waa also fur nished with name of German voters to whom his porwr was sent. If the resolutions expressing confidence In Chairman Burgess are to be advertised as resolutions expressing lack of confi dence In thoe who picked up the plecea and saved the day these f icts may clear the atmosphere. VICTOR ROSE WATER. Executive Committeeman for Second District. RUMORED MARINE DISASTER Antwerp Has It that Steamer Krnon land Foundered la Mid Oeeen. LONDON. Nov. H. A news agency re port from Brussels states that rumors are afloat at Antwerp that the Red Star steamer Kroonlnnd foundered In mldocean Officials of the company deny all knowledge of the alleged disaster and discredit the rumors. NEW YORK, Nov. 20 The officials of the Red Star line brand as malicious Cie rumor of the Kronniand founderlm. They discredit the report and declare that the Kroonland Is not due until Monday night and as vessels arriving report heavy weather It may not get here until Tues day. KINGSTON. La., Nov. 2fl.-The Norweg ian steamer Veritas, which arrived here this morning from Santiago de Culm, re ports that on Saturday It rescued three men In a naphtha launch off Guantanamo. The men were John Mnrtyn, a Jamaican; Manuel Muerlllo, a Cuban, and Seraphim Lopes, the engineer of the launch, also a Cuban. The three men left Guantanamo Wednes day for a cruise along the coast. The ma chinery of the boit became deranged nnd an anchor was dropped, but the chain parted during a heavy sea and the launch was blown to sea In the direction of Santi ago. The men signalled two steamers for assistance, but the first failed to reply. The Veritas answered, however, and took the men on bonrd. Martyn died as a result of exposure and his body was Interred here. Muerlllo Is 111 from the effects of tho ordeal, but Lopes Is well. The men had no food for four days. Martyn had a revolver and threat ened to commit suicide, but was restrained by Lopez. The launch wns brought here. At 8 o'clock tonight It was reported from Long Beach that tugs had succeeded in moving the Sicilian Prince tome distance, but It was not clear. Reports Indicated that there was little hope of getting the steamship Into deep water tonight. Ef forts will be continued at full tide about 6:30 tomorrow morning. Fire Island re ported tonight that it had been hazy off shore all day with slight westerly winds. A moderate sea is running. The Sicilian Prince went ashore shortly before' the tide had reached Its height, about 6 o'clock this morning, so that only at high water are the tugs able to move It. The Oak Island life saving station reported tonight that the vessel Is resting easily. TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 20. Torrents of rain fell here last night and today, and a high gale prevailed, but no marine dis asters are reported. The wire to Tatoosh Is down, but a terrific storm Is prevailing off Cspe Flattery.' Shipping men discredit the Victoria re port of the wrecking of the barkentine Makawell. It was laden with coal In Ta coma, taking about 1,700 tons for Muzntlan, Mexico. The story from Victoria of the barkentine being over londed with deck cargo and turning turtle Is probably un true. The Mnkawell waa well down In the water with coal and the rough dimension lumber which Is being found along the shores Is certuinly not from It. Tho fact that a life buoy bearing the Mukawell'a name has been carried ashore Is no proof that the ship has gone to the bottom. While nothing has been heard of the Makawell since it sailed from Tacoma on October 30, it is possible that It may have been carried to the north in the high gales. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-The Prince line steamer Sicilian Prince, from Genoa and Naples, lies aground tonight on the Long Island shore, one mile went of the Long Beach life saving station. The steamer stranded Just before daylight this morn ing and all efforts throughout the day to get the fhlp Into deeper water have proved futile. Four Htgs are standing by the versel and with hawsers made fast to bow and etern by tholr united efforts are keeping it from being washed further on the beach. An attempt was made to float the Sicilian Prince at flood tide ubout 5 o'clock this afternoon, and with the assistance of Its own engines It moved about 1,000 feet, but still hold fast to the randy bottom. The vessel lies easily on the beach. There is little surf and hardly any wind, and unless a storm breaks it Is expected the ship will be pulled off the bar at flood tide In the morning. Should this etempt fall the 600 steerage and twelve cabin passengers will be taken off on steamboats or tugs and brought to this city and the cargo will be lightered. The vessel Ilea 300 yards off shcre In about eighteen feet of water. The Sicilian Prince Is fourteen days out from Italian porta and has about Cot) Ital ian emlgranta In the steerage. An un usually fust trip had been made, and when it struck this morning It was making about twelve knots. The beach on which the Sicilian Prince grounded Is marked by several wrecks of vessels that have gone ashore In the pnt flvo or six years. Late tonight It was reported the Sicilian Prince was a. Ill resting easily. There was somewhat more surf thanduring the day and the veanel was rolling, but there wus every assurance it would be floated in the morning. The passengers were not in any alarm and at no time was th re any panic or fright manifest. Lake Steamer Burns. SANDUSKY, O.. Nov. 2J.-The coal steamer Philip Mlnch, light, on Its way from Falrport to Sandusky, O., was burned to the water's edge about eight miles east of Marblehead at midnight l '.st night. The crew of seventeen men was forced to aban don the burning bout while several miles out In the lake and reached Sandusky in an exhausted condition, many of them half naked because of having beon roused from their sleep. Belgian Ship Disabled. LONDON, Nov. 20. Thu North Germun Lloyd steamer Brandenburg, from Balti more for Bremen, which passed Lizard head today, signalled that It had spoken In longitude 14 west (about 250 miles south west of Queenstown) the Belgian steamer Iris, Captain Syior. from Fernandlna for Antwerp, with its machinery disabled. AJwyt . ILerae?TiSr tba Ftill J4ma rbtjivo liroroo Quinine Cum aCoW laOMDay. CV ' oamvmy fro 33. SEBRASRASS AT ST. LOUIS President Roosevelt May Look Over State's Agricultural Exhibit. PLAN TO SHOW HIM THE MOVING PICTURES Route Through Agricultural Building Lira Directly Past the Sehrsaka Theater and President Will Be Asked to Stop. ST. LOUIS. Nov. IS. (Special Co-respond-ence.) In all probability the Nebraska pavilion In the Palace of Agriculture will be favored with a visit by the president of the United States when he comes to the exposition on Saturday, November 36. Ac cording to the plan of the president's visit aa now outlined by the exposition authori ties. President Roosevelt will Visit all of the exhibit palaces. In the morning he will view the Transportation. Vailed In dustries, Manufacturers and Liberal Arts buildings, or the north tier as it Is called, and from the steps of the Government building review the grand military parade. At 1 o'clock lu'.icheon will be served, when the south tier of exhibit palaces, or those of Mines, Education, Electricity and Ma chinery, will be vlhlted. The president will neet visit the Agriculture and Horticulture buildings and the Philippine reservation. It Is expected thut he will reach the Agricul ture building about 4 p. m. It Is believed he will enter the north entrance and pro ceed along the main aisle to tho North Dakota section, where the log cabin In which he spent the days of his ranch life is exhibited. From the North Dakota section the party will be led straight to the west entrance of the Agriculture palace, which leads to the Philippine reservation. In tak ing this route the party will puss directly by the Nebraska pavilion, which Is opposite the main aisle from the North Dakota section. Secretary II. O. Shedd of the Ne braska commission, is consulting with F. W. Taylor, chief of agriculture, with a view of having the president nnd his party stop a moment at the Nebraska theater and view the moving picture which shows the late President McKinley at the Omaha Transmlsslsslppl exposition. The presi dent's pnrty will be conducted through each building by the chief of that building anf consequently Mr. Taylor will lead the party through his exhibit palace. As Mr. Taylor Is a Nebraskan and deeply Inter ested In all that pertains to the success of the Nebraska exhibit, he may be relied upon to advance his state's Interest in this matter In every way he Is able. It Is believed that this moving picture of the late President McKinley, which Is said to be the only moving picture of the martyred president In existence, will Interest Presi dent Roosevelt. If the president's pnrty can be persuaded to spend more than a few minutes In the theater the rang? scenes depicting the branding of cattle, the rid ing of bucking bronchos and other scenes familiar to the president will be given. The recent poultry show held nt the exposition, which Is recognized as tho largest display of fine birds ever held, afforded the first opportunity for western fanciers to compete for prizes with the eastern breeders nnd breeders of foreign countries. Notwithstanding the fact that over 12,000 birds were on exhibition, that over a carload of fine breeds were brought from Canada, alone and several hundred birds from Europe, the western states won the lion's share of the awards. In these awards Nebraska won n signal victory, receiving more premiums to the number of birds entered and shown than any other state in the union, and selling single , specimens as high as Jioo. Among tho winners from Nebraska In the poultry show were the following: 8. C. Buff Orplngtons-H. H. Campbell. Osceola: Cock, a third prize and a sev .u,pJlze; nen- a seventh prize; cockrell, a th'r.i -le: pullet, a third, a fifth and "'"'h prize, tho pen winning a second prize. Mr. Campbell won eight ribbons on eleven entries, in the same variety B 8. Jennings of Lincoln won a seventh prize on cockerel. When It Is considered that there were ISO birds competing In this class among them birds entered by William Cook & Hon cf England, the orig inators of the variety, and'lhat Mr. Camp bell defented them, It Is a splendid tribute to Nebraska. Buff Wyundottes In the finest nnd best display of 165 birds, IS. B. Day of Fremont won a sixth prize on a cock and a second prize on the hen. Partridge W vandottes-Wlth 127 birds In competition. K. M. Crittenden of Lincoln won a second prtee find an eighth prize on cockerel nnd an eighth prize on pullet White Wyandnttes With i bird In competition In this class, which was the largest display of any variety, the lead ing breeders of the world exhibiting F U. Tipton of Seward won on cockerel a thlrri nrl,. ii,llA .. . ,...., I.u(,l. ,t luiiim puze una IWO 110 special prizes. This class was a com plete Show In itself Bill! Ml' Tlnlnn'. birds were the center of attraction. Barred Plymouth Rocks In a class of 429. by far the largest and best exhibit of Olid h.D.rf -..ma. .. . . u 1 . 1 Jl 1 ., .....u , i uBatTuiuiru, in wnicn me oldume leading exhibitors, such as the Vanderhllts rind other millionaire breeders uw.ru ont.ia.l a r vr..- - . v . miivdi ui pewara " ," nui'uii" in every cihss DUl one, a distinction accorded to but one other ex- lill.ltn, I., V,A t i v , ... i,, mum. mr. ,urvHl won more prizes than any of his competitors winning for cockerel a sixth prize, hen u fifth prize, pullet a third and a tenth prize, hen fifth nnd ninth prizes, and six specbils. Rose Comb Brown lepliorns Wll h sixty birds competing. J. H. Trough of Minden won on cockerel third unci fourth prizes, pullet fourth prize, hen third and fourth prizes. All of these birds were shipped a solid carload lot, by express, from Nebraska, the Nebraska commission paying express charges and expenses of coopnge, etc. E, M. Pollard, superintendent of the Nebraska horticultural exhibit, is at the exposition and will remain until the close of the fair and wind up the business of his department. Mr. Pollard states that while no official announcement of awards In hor ticulture will be made until December 1, he has been Informed that Nebraska runks exceedingly high In these awards owing to the fine quality of fruit plaJred upon the tables, and through the efforts of Mrs. J. H. Hadklnsnn, assistant superintendent of this display, in exhibiting the fruit to the Judges In the most attractive manner. A gold medal for general Installation and beauty of the exhibit Is assured and at least several gold medals and many sliver and bronze mcdala will be found to be among Nebraska's winnings in this depart ment. Mr. Pollard hap ascertained that in the scoring by the Judges Nebraska fruit ranks with the finest shown by Michigan, New York, Oregon and other distinctively fruit states. Foreign exhibitors in the Palace of Agri culture, thla week presented to F. W. Tay lor, chief of the department, a handsome watch and chain and Jeweled locket, as a testimonial of their appreciation of his ad ministration. Accompanying the chain and locket was a diploma or parchment en grossed with the insignia of agriculture and an Inscription setting forth the esteem and regard In which the chief of the de partment is heid. Action has been taken by the Agricultural club of , the building looking toward a similar testimonial from the exhibitors of the various rates to Mr. Taylor. The National Flower show he'd at the World's fair this week under the direction of J. H. Hadklnson of Omaha has be:-n cue of the big succesfws of Ihe exoonl Ion. Thousands of persons visited this wonder ful display of flowers of all varle'l s eicn dsy. Many visitors are still coming to the eg poslUwu during the last Us. The weatbar the laat week ha been Ideal In every way and It Is expected that net week, owing to the Thanksgiving holiday season and the president's visit, an Immenr number of visitors will attend the fair. While the foliage and f 'oners are practically gone, the expo ii'lJn still r. tains Its beauty of architecture and d's'gn. Owing to the strict min-ev:i ;on -'f the exposition author ities no xhibiis wll' be allowed to be re moved un'il the exrcslllon is flimlly closed December 1. All of the Nebraskn exhlbl will be maintained as fully and completely as ever until the last day. The attendants will be ound In their places snd Nebraska visitors wui receive as cordial a welcome during these eisys as nt any time dur ing the 3es,n. The full number of movlrg ; Ictint rhews are still given each day and will be nimntnincd tc. the very close of the exposition. APPEALS FOR THE UNIVERSITY Cardinal tilbbons Issues t'lrcnlar to the Clergy of the Country. WASHINGTON, Nov. t0. In accordance with an understanding reached at the re cent meeting of the board of trustees of the Catholic university, Cardinal Gibbons today gave to the press the following offi cial letter addressed to the Catholic clergy: The board of trustees of the Catholic university of America, at Its meeting April 14, 1!M, unanimously adopted the following lesolution: "Resolved. That his eminence, the chan cellor of the Catholic university of Amer ica, be requested to write nnd to send to the hierarchy of the I'nited States one month before the first Sunday of Advent. 1!4. a letter of thanks for the Interest taken In the collection for the university in 19113 and asking them to kindly keep up their generous solicitude for this worthy object by recommending It to the reverend clergy and the laity of their respective Jurisdictions." In pursuance of this action of the trus tees I desire to atate that the contribu tions received from sever.ty-slx dioceses amounted to Slu5,n0l. This generous re sponse of our clergy snd people to the ex presn wish of the sovereign polntifT Is an evidence both of cheerful obedience to the holy see. and of generous devotion to their pastors. It is also gratifying and en couraging to the trustees that in wide spread an Interest should thus be munl . fested In the welfare of the university, wnicn, as It embodies the highest form of Catholic learning. Is the most Important undertaking of the hierarchy In View of the general good. In the name of the trustees, as In mV OWn. 1 tAnrlor Vnn vmic nl.rifu 'jn(1 our r'eo,,, grateful "acknowledgment .... mr i-iir.it- you nsvp inKen in tne fur therance of thN great work. With the collection and with donations rrom various sources the recslpts of the university for last year, apart from Its regular income, amounted to $150, w. Of this j-3.MkI was employed In the payment of debts, ISO, mo was Invested and the re mainder was used to meet current expenses. As a result there was no detlclt last vear, nor Is there at present any floating debt. 1 he amount donated by the Knights of Columbus, and not Included In the receipts mentioned above, was 5o,0uo. This was also Invested, making a total Investment of llOO.imo. The funds were placed for in vestment In the hands of ihe finance com mittee appointed last year Wi3 and com posed of gentlemen who enjoy the highest reputation for Integrity and business ability. The entire amount therefore, re sulting from the collection is absolutely free from the complications and risks to which, ns you doubtless have learned through the press, the general endowment of the university has recently been ex posed. Regarding the actual situation. I deem It my duty to Inform vnu that the funds hitherto handled b the treasurer of- the university aggregates JSiil.OuO. The dis posal of these funds In no wav Involves the property of the university, Its lands, bulldlnKS or eoulnment. The fiimU th..o.. selves are protected bv securities which It Is confidently believed will in any equit able settlement Insure the university agilnst serious loss. On the other hand pending the final ad justment of all claims now In litigation the university Is In a large measure de prived of the revenues which have hereto fore been available for Its woik. This U the more regrettable at the present time when the university should be eo strength ened and developed aa to attract our Catholic young men and withdraw them from non-Catholic institutions. With tne utmost economy as now practiced In every department, the income le not sufilcient for the necessary expenses. Tho foregoing statement will naturally suggest a variety of reflections, but what Is really needed Just now is practical sym pathy and generous co-operation. This. I am Ijappy to say, has been shown by the trustees and by friends of the university. The amounts which they have guaranteed, together with the next annual colleotlon, which it is hoped will equal if not exceed that of last year, will enable us to Invest a considerable sum after all current ex penses are paid. Moreover, a system of financial administration has been adopted that for the future will render the man agement of the funds absolutely secure. With the assistance of the hierarchy, in the manner Indicated by the holy father we feel confident that the university will be placed on a sound financial basis. In Justice to those who, us Individuals or as associations have endowed the university, wo should see that the work is continued. Our Catholic people, I sincerely Lelve. will aid liberally In supporting an insti tution founded by the American episcopn e for the common good of the clergy and laity In all our d.oroae.i. To our non-Catholic fellow citizens, our united efforts of the university under existing circumstance:; will plainly show that we have at heart the best interests of education and that we are not to be thwarted by difficulties As I am prepared to do all In my p3wer to build up the university and determined to guarantee It ngulnst ell I es. e ven at the eaciltlce of all I poss ss, I feel araured that you and your cieigy will ad ihls sacred cuuse by an earnest appeal to tha generosity of the pecple under your charge and by personal sympathy for the wo.k to which this collect on Is applied. The holy father In his letter on the sub ject last year directed that this annual collection be taken upon the first Bund ly of Advnt, or on the first convenient Sun day thereafter. JAMEH. CARDINAL OIBBONfl. Chancellor of the Catholic University of America. COCKRKIX 19 OFFERED A PLACE President Tenders Him the Canal Couinilsslonershlp. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. The president has offered Senator Cockrell of Missouri the Isthmian canal commisslonershlp made vacant by the resignation of Colonel Heoker of Michigan, end has also told him that If he feels that his health will not permit him to take this place the president desires to offer him a position on the Interstate Commerce commission. KANSAS CITY. Nov. 20. Speaking with the Associated Press over the long dis tance telephone from his home at War rensburg this evening, Senator Francis M. Cockrell declined to say whether or not he had been offered the Isthmian canal com mlsnlonershlp by President Roosevelt or whether he would accept such an appoint ment If tendered him. He would not, he said. In any eveflt take any action until he reached Washington on November 28. "I have already said all I care to at thla time upon thla subject," said Senator Cockrell. "I will leave for the east to morrow or Tuesday, stopping a day or two at St. Louis, and then visiting my daugh ter at Dayton, O. I expect to reach Wash ington on Monday, the 28th, and shall take no action until then." Senator Cockrell declined to aay whether or not the Isthmian canal commissioner ship would be an agreeable appointment. Yesterday, In an Interview with the Asso ciated Press, Senator Coekrell said: "If tendered any position by the president, I should treat It with the greatest consider ation and do whatever might be best in the premises " Fruli of tha Palm. Drake's Palmetto Wine, a tooIeleiaUve. ea f at 1 1 nt snec i Ho from pure J u tue of tbs uonderf ui Pslmntto fruit. Ui Immediate relief sod ab solutely permanent cure in all eas of Ceiarrn. Swuiaou Trouble. Flalulenoy. Coii.tipsi on. Congested Kidneys sod inflammation of lilad dr. Serenty-dve cents at Drug Stores for e htrxe bottle, usual duller size, but a trial bottle will I sent free and prepaid to srery reader of this Uttoer bo writes for Ik A letter or poatal eard adaressed to Drsk Formula Company. Drake build. ok. Cblcaso. JO. Is the only ex t " ... .... m. irml of Draks a Palmeiia PERISH IN TENEMENT FIRE Bodies Found bj Firemen Piled it Top Storj of Building. TWO ENTIRE FAMILIES ARE WIPED OUT Police Arc t nable to l.earn Anything; of Origin of the Fire from rlgh bore or Other Occupants of nalldlng. NEW YORK. Nov. JO. Smothered before they could retch the rear tire escape in a burning tenement building at li Trout man street In the Williamsburg district of Brooklyn, twelve persons met death shortly before t o'clock this morning. Two en tire families, those of Maranlo Trlolo and Charles Pologalo, are wiped nut, the lat living member of each being now in a hospital with no hope of recovery and Charles Pognoll, 33 years old. and Tony Trlolo, 13, 'both of whom are terribly burned. Although In the opinion of the coroner all the dead were suffocated, the bodlei were badly burned before they could be taken from the ruins by the flrtmen. The burned tenement house Is In the center of a row of three-story tenement extending the length of the block and was occupied by Italians. The fire Is sup posed to have started In the cellar of the grocery store of Antonio Glnmbalos, on the ground floor. The cellar waa stored with Inflammable material and the flames spread with light ning like rapidity. All the occupants war asleep at the time and there was consid erable delay In sending in the first alarm. The Olambolos family lived on the first floor and succeeded In getting out, but be fore the occupants on the two other floors had been aroused their escape was cut off. Before the firemen had arrived the fir had communicated to the adjoining tene ment, but the tenants all escaped. The work of the firemen was greatly hampered for a time by tho crowds of frightened Italians who filled the streets. The ten ants in nearly all the neighboring build ings dragged their household goods out of the buildings and with them blocked the way of the fire apparatus. All the bodies were found In tho rear room of the third floor, and It waa evi dent that all had been suffocated in their effort to reach the fire escape at the back of the building. The two who wete res cued were found In the lower hallway soon after the firemen reached the scene. Working their way through the building, the rescuers dlfcovered the heap of dead on the third floor and within a short time succeeeded In taking out nine bodies, but the last was not found until after 8 o'olocit thlB morning. In his intervals of consciousness Poglo nlo cries for his wife and children and It Is feared the knowledege of their death will kill him and he has not been told of their fate. In their investigation aa to he origin of the fire the police huve been unable to obtain a statement of any kind from neigh boring tenants. The street about the burned building has been crowded with Italians all day, but the police report that every one questioned regarding the persons burned or the occupants of the building has refused tqmake any answer. It was with great difficulty that the names of the victims could be obtained. The dead: THE MOTHER AND TWO SMALL CHILDREN OF THE POLOQNIO FAM ILY. MARANIO TIOLO, WIFE AND THREES CHILDREN. , MARIE AMBROSIO AND HER 18-Y&AA-OLD DAUGHTER. MARY GALIGONI, 18. LONARIA GROSSEPPI, aged 34 The loea Is estimated at S10.O00. 34,833 (Continued from F.rst Page.) Polk 2 l.iM 16 Red Willow 1,161 7f4 62 Richardson 2,213 2,141 82 Rock 4.'IS 220 26 Saline 1,973 l.ftoo 98 Sarpy 742 997 52 Saunders 2,290 2,294 lt',0 Scott's Bluff 4.12 233 23 Seward 1,751 1,842 63 Sheridan 530 4X6 29 Sherman 6H9 693 23 Sioux 13 13 12 Stanton 70 7S9 8 Thayer 1,688 1,291 72 Thomas 61 71 2 Thurston 649 671 A Valley 910 784 46 Washington 1,4S." 1,813 28 Wayne 1,070 1,034 23 Webster 1,328 1,147 78 Wheeler Ifi" is ( York 2,112 1,640 ! 49 66 7 (2 63 43 81 6 19 87 t 7 22 i 24 It 67 1.1 II 3t Totals 111,707 102,470 6,277 Plurality 9,237 6,087 The Wisdom of selecting a beverage with care ns tu Its purity and quality must be appurent to everyone. Great Western Champafne -the Sttsdird ! Amtilus Wisat. Is the choicest, purest product of the grape, without a superior, under any label, foreign or domestic "Of the Amerl. can Champagnes exhibited at the Paris exposition of IIMMl, the 1 II K AT WEST. K" was the ealy one that re. reived a UOLD MEDAL." Pleasant Valley Wine Co. Bole Makers, Rholms. N. Y. Sold by respectable wine dealers . everywhere. AMl'lEMEMTi. TOXIUHT TOMORROW NIQHT TIM MURPHY Tonight... "TWO MEN AND A OIRL Tuesday "WHEN A MAN MARKlEd. THE FORBIDDEN LAND Next Sunday "ROYAL BCHEF." n "tlisrTsj kAAertA4v Phone 494. Every Night Matinees Thur., Sat, Bun. MODERN VAUDEVILLE The Mysterious Zanclgs, Fells Barry, Albertlna Mellch's Birds. Vernon, Lucy 4V. Vlale, Ford Bisters, Ross, Lee ler eat the Xinodrocna, ill Is