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fcituatiom In Truo Cauiae Decreets U ths
Bareness of the Vatican.
OPE WORRIED BY ATTITUDE OF STATES
1 Conditions la Germes and 8pii Art Hot
U Hit Llkinc
trrtcT oi pope's healih hot goob
EtrtJa of Labor Shows in CondiUon f the
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KERRY DEL VAL'S POSITION JS SHAKEN
Cardinal Secretary f State Blamed
for Seme Erran aa Other
UNiuii n Rt Help
KOMK. Feb. lSpeclal.) Having faith
fully attempted to give th situation from
the pro-Cexhollo view point, then from the
Antl -Clerical point of view u endeavor
will be made to Blre tba American public
to understand thing aa the "middle of the
Roeders" thee who are neither Catholic
or anti-Catholic see them; In other words,
from straight news sources.
There I no doubt but that the pope U
arrowing- mora and more depressed over
the situation in France, and in Germany
and until recently in Spain. Though It Is
not fair to picture him as a tottering old
man with one foot In the grave, as some
of the French newspapers have delighted
to make him appear, on the other hand
there la no doubt that he feels the weight
of advancing years more and more; and
there Is no doubt but that a man with
trons; physique Is required to cope with
the situation, more perhaps than at any
time since the Italian , troops marched
through the breach of the walls of the
Sternal City and the temporal power was
at aa end. Not even Plus EX could have
faced the present situation without be
coming depressed and all of the diplomacy
of a lo XIII might have been expended In
vain. It was undoubtedly something of
this feeling that caused the pope to remark.
while receiving" a mid-winter crowd of pll
atrtnis recently, mostly from America, that
America was a great section: that the
condition of the church In the United States 1
had greatly encouraged him during th
past few: weeks.
Money Scarce.
One of the chief anxieties at the Vatican
Is the want of money. The resources at
the disposal of the pope are yearly decreas
ing, while th claims upon him are growing-
dally. Peter's pence, which Is th
main source of revenue, doe not yield a
quarter of what It used to do. Formerly
France was th chief contributor, but now
that th church In that country Is passing
. through troubled waters It baa all. that It
can possibly do to make both ends meat,
- and Is not able to send a centlm to to
- Horn. On the contrary the French clergy
" are even appealing to Rome for financial
Id. Tn miondenrtajwllns between
Franc and the pop haa deprived th
French church at on swoop of an annual
Income of 30,000.000 francs and ha left
i - JC.Wt Tillage priests face to face with at&r
Nlxtion, All th church property has been
7 sequestrated by the government and In
Vested funds amounting to tie.ens.O0O have
xx-n tied up as a result of the disputes. It
dvea not require a man to be a Catholic or an
11 us X cam to the throne, fearlem to cause
these troubles hav a wearing fleet apon
t in pope ana tnat in ctiect upon nia neaitn
S , s not good.
"V One curious result of all of the papal
- trouble Is that Pope Leo XIII will be de
prived of many funeral honor. Th pope
are all finally Interred In th church of St.
John Dateran. Th Brat burial In St
Feter" hi n!y temporary. The transfer
ence of th remains Is generally made th
object of a gorgeous ceremonial. But sine
Plus X cam to th throne fearing to cause
St revival of discussions over many subjects,
the remain of Leo XIII. will. It Is under
stood, be transferred to the church of St.
John Dateran with aa llttl pomp and
ceremonial as possible. ,k
Conflict a Mistake.
Even th clerical organ admit that be
tilnd th apostolic palac silent walls
there I a feeling that th present eontro-
,1 versy with Franc has been a mistake
"'sl . The most prominent cardinals. Including
t, r-j AgUardL Satollt. Ferrets, th brother
i J S VannutelU and even th aged -Ores; lis, . do
dot restrain their attacks upon' th secre
tary of stat for his policy 'concerning
Franc. Evan Cardinal Merry del Vat. It
la said, feeling- his position shaken, haa
lost hi calm. Certain polemical article in
th Obeervatore Romano hav even been
attributed to him and aa a consequence
considerable feeling haa been manifested.
the Idea being that no matter how bitter
these attack of th radical against th
secretary of stat, th secretary of stat
ought not to hav dignified them with a
reply.
Even Cardinal Merry del Val' a friends
admit that If things do not cbang for th
better a change in tb post of secretary
r state will be mavttabl. When th
present pop was selected the abaolut In
olrpensableneas of Cardinal Merry del Val
waa hi tore. Plus X according-ly backed
htin up through thick and thin. Th pos
sessor or in most charming manner.
speaklng
this Emln
Uhe Spar. I
jTTanc an
speaking half a dosem laugMagc) fluently
Eminence waa born In London, son of
Uh ambassador, was educated In
and Germany and has been for of-
i teen year past aa Inhabitant of Rom),
h waa a mofiel or what th elegant mod
ern model priest should be. As secretary
of th eonclav he was a model of devotion
to duty, and when Cardinal Barto was first
leoled pope bis first Idea appears to hav
been to assure himself of th support of
th brilliant secretary of th cooclav. '
treaslk of crctary.
During rb first week or two hi holiness
would nok attempt anything In a public
way wlthoat at Brat consulting' his secre
tary f state- Fee Cardinal Merry del Val
possessed irwny of th thibg that th pop
felt was lattnlnc In hi ewn personality,
lie had assrano and aelf-ronOdenc In
his relations wlth foreign diplomatists, a
far-reaching knowledg of th workings of
th various V CathoUo organ I
Rome, and ewea grvat experience In the
complicated Mlutl of th papal court.
Th Madrid court, of which his father had
been so distlnsTiilsfiod a member, had been
an excellent training (or precisely this sort
of a thing. No on . wondered, therefor,
that Plus X insisted upon his being re
tained hi bis present position.
Th cardinal secretary of stats has oa
powerful protection In his present oflWe,
and that Is th absolute indifference of th
pop to error of a diplomatic nature. And
It 1 difficult to mak Plus X tak aa ta-
(Coul inited on Second Page.)
SUMMARY OF TOE BEE
Seeder. Feerwnry S. IS.
1907 FEBRUARY 1907
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FORECAST FOR NEBRASKA Fair Sun
day and Monday, except enow In west por
tions; not so cld Monday.
FORECAST FOR loWA Fair and cold
Sunday and Monday.
Temperature at Omaha yesterday:
Hour. Dew. Hour. Deg.
I a. m I 1 p. m 4
a. m I S p. m
7 a. m 0 1 p. m t
R a. m 3 4 p. m
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11 a. m 1 "p. m 4
13 m S
uoxaxATrra.
Senator King's bill repealing: th law
for a lvy for the temporary school fund
attracting much attention - among the
legislators at Lincoln. X, Fag 1
Iowa democrat undecided what to do
regarding primary bill and have named
a committee to mas recommendations to
party caucus. X, rag- t
WASKTJTOTOV.
Fostoflloe appropriation bill, which will
be reported to the house Monday 11 pro
vides for Increase of f700,00 In salaries
of clerks and carriers and cuts f 12.090.
000 from amount to be paid to railroads
for carrying mails. X, Fags
Congressman Hepburn In speech In
house announces his opposition to Im
provement of the Missouri - river, and
say a no steamboat has ascended at ream
for fifteen year. X, Fag
WXihASXA.
Leglslatlv delegation visits state Insti
tutions at Kearney. Fag
Bishop Bonacum In Rom seeks further
evidence In cas against Father Murphy
of Seward. X. Fa- 10
Attorney general complete brief In cas
attacking validity of th railway com
mission amendment. Fag
BOXXSTia
Ambassador Kaneko talks on San Fran
cisco school situation, saying that war
will not follow. X. Fmg X
South Dakota anti-pass bill, amended to
permit transportation contracts for ad
vertising, passes the house. X, Fag X
Mississippi river reaches highest point
In history at Memphis. X, Fag 10
romxxosT.
Greatest need of the Catholic church In
France at present Is cash. X. Fags X
Sentiment In Scotland In favor of home
rule la growing; rapidly. X. Fag 1
XVOCAX.
Th Missouri Pacific will not abolish
th proportional rat to Omaha on grain
originating In Iowa.. Fa 4
Body of Calvin Hosard. laborer employed
by Swift and Company, found frpxen In
ice of Cut-Oft lake. He was missed Fri
day and apparently drowned Thursday
night while going t work over thin Ice.
Fag d
Omaha society circle ar looking to th
approach of Lent and expect to mak th
next two week c season ft much enjoy
ment. Fag
Building permit- for January In Omaha
show an Increase of IT per cent over trie
same month a year ago, and real estat
transfers also show a large Increase. Th
outlook for th building season Is even
better than it was a year ago. x
XT, Fa
A compilation of building permits shows
that almost SS per cent of th money
Invested In Omaha buildings In 10 was
local capital. Th flgurea for 1105 wu
IX per cent. In th two year local owners-invested
nearly IS, 000.000 In buildings.
XX, Far
City Pnpsecutor Daniels and Criminal
Judg Troup dtspos of a lot of appeals
from polios court, declaring forfeited
bond In thlrty-fiv cases. XX, Fag's
rxaTAxca AJr toads.
Omaha grain and produce market.
XX. Far
Nek York stocks and bonds. XX, Fag
Omaha 11 v stock market ' XX, Faff t
Omaha general market. XX, Fag S
CondiUon of Omaha trade. XX, Fag
BFOSTTJia.
Eight hundred amateur athlvt compete
In winter meet of I rUh-Americas Ath
letic club at Madison Square garden.
X. Fag
XCAwAKin XCTIOsT.
In th Magasln Section of this number
of Th Be will b found a sketch of tbs
adventurous career of William F.
Bweesy; aa outline of th Religious Strife
in France; Gossip of Plays aid Flayers
Musical Comment and Criticism; When
Ellen Terry Hustles; Winter Sports
on the Ice; lxng House Indian
New Tear Celebration; Carpenter on
Moroccan Trade Customs; Prominent Ne
braska Physician; How Poall Lost a Leg
and Won a Medal; Passing- of th Dog
Collar Necklace; Modern Woman's Way;
Soma Note for th Woman; Weekly Gritt
of Sporting Gossip; What College Athlete
Ar Doing; Automobile Note and Coat
sent; A Detective Story; My Old Ne
braska Horn, an eplo of pioneer days;
FrogTesa In th Field of Electricity.
Tea Page
CZr-UBaMarS SBCTJOsT.
In th Children's Section of this number
of Th Be will be found Buster Browa;
th Busy Bees Own Page, with Etorte
and Letters; The Story of the Stpl-m
Idols Fluffy Ruffles. Foot Fages
BOMB IS FOUND ON TRAIN
Philadelphia Detective Want t See
Man Who red llteplsg
Car Berth.
CII1CAGO. Ft. 1-A dispatch to th
Tribune from Philadelphia say that th
discovery of a bomb, mad up of gas pipe,
fun snd dynamite, under a barth of th
sleeping car Gallitsln In th Pennsylvania'
yard yesterday, scared th detective fore
la J of th railroad and th city.
Detective are tracing out every poaalhi
clew to learn th Identity of a young- man,
who occupied the lower berth under which
the bomb was found. All they know Is
that be boarded tb train at Newark and
got off at West Philadelphia station, that
he was about B years old and fairly well
drreeed. They think th man was an
aaarchist and unwittingly left the bomb
btiilnd In tbe car.
f he bomb Is composed of flv Inches of
tubing with a cork la each end. Through
a boring la one of the corks extended a
fuse that leads to the middle of th tub,
which Is packed with dynamite.
SCOTTISH HOME RULE
"DeTolv c" T timent Incrjeaes with
rri'j.-v " jkemoTkl of et' Grtyt,
. TREATMENT NOT PLEASING
.Mr of Parliament Ttlki of Sew liine
Aero the Border.
WAR IS LEYIED OH HOUSE SPARROWS
Farmers Orean.ii to Kill Birds that Are
Destroying Grain.
NOVEL EXPERIMlM WITH RADIUM
Scientists Strtv to Discover If Xev
Matter Lose Fore with
Laptt of Tie 4
Activity.
GLASGOW, Feb. X. Bpeclal.) The move
ment for "devolution" or home rule for
Scotland, which has been greatly advanced
by th announcement of a committeo
under Mr. D. V. Plrle, M. P.. for Aber
deen, appointed at Edinburgh to formulate
a scheme, owes a great deal of Its strength
to the feeling aroused by the removal of
the Scots Greys from Plershlll. The suc
cess of the agitation for a Scottish cavalry
regiment has certainly demonstrated a
strong undercurrent of "local patriotism."
The most serious complaint of the Scot
tish politicians Just at the present time la
that Scotland la unfairly treated finan
cially. On th other hand, outside Edln
burg there ar many opponents of devolu
tion, who openly announo that they look
to London as the capital and have no de
sire to substitute London with Edinburg.
This feeling undoubtedly cstm to th sur
face during tb passage of th Scottish
private bill procedure act.
Little has been heard recently of th
Scottish Horn Rule association, but th
Young Scots" society , has been active. It
la not known whether the promoters of th
new association will proceed on lines
analogous to those that ar In liberal cir
cle regarded as applicable to Ireland. The
prim minister la, however, stated to be
In sympathy with th movement and Mr.
Shaw, lord advocate, and Mr. Ure. solicitor
general,' hav given utterance to favorable
views.
Th devolution of Scottish affairs Is
Imperative," said Mr. Eugene Wason, M.
P., for Clackmannan, th other evening
whether In th shape of a Scottish grand
committee at Westminster or of a Parlia
ment at Edinburg. Any such parliament
would be subordinate to the Imperial Par
liament and th Scottish members would.
of coue be members of that Imperial Par
liament." Mr. Wason referred to the dif
ferent positions of Scotland In regard to
th law, church and land and temperance
questiona.
Mr. J. M. Henderson, M. P., for West
Aberdeen hire, has asked for mora op
portunities ' for dealing with Scottish af
fairs and has complained of th meagrer
amount of time given to such affairs In
Parliament. ,
Mr. Robert Wallace. M. P i for Perth.
when Interviewed upon the question, said:
"I am a Scottish bom ruler. We, as a
body of Scotsmen, however, ar in favor
of a committee to deal with purely Scot
tish
War Sparrow.
A war of extermination has been de
clared In Dumfries hit and soon the peace
ful fields will echo to th sound of many
guns.
The opposing aides are tha farmers and
th bona sparrows. Hitherto the spar
rows have had matters all their own way.
but now that things hav become too
bad, th farmers have determined to sub
mit to ths plague no longer. .
A council of war has been held in
Mouawald. the county has been divided Into
four districts, and companies have been
formed In each. Instructions are that am-
munition Is to b purchased, all sparrow
shot at sight snd local farmers persuaded
to enlist In ths ranks.
The Very Rev. Dr. John Gillespie, who
Is directing th forces of th farmer, stated
at a council meeting the other day that
th "day of reckoning for the self -conceited,
cocky little beg-gars" had com at
last. They ars so numerous," ha said,
"that when they are disturbed at their
work of destruction In harvest tlms they
rise Ilk a cloud and literally fill and
darken th air.
"Authorities ar agreed that It Is the
nous sparrow that Is th nuisance. Three
fourths of his food throughout th year is
corn, and It has been estimated that a
single sparrow consumes a bushel of grain
In the course of twelve months. Multiply
that by the number of sparrows that are
everywhere in th district, and yoa can
realise the extent of th damage done."
Other speaker condemned wood pigeons
and sea gulls, but It wss decided that the
sparrows must first be dealt with.
Exs-erlsseat with Radians.
Dr. J. T. Bottomley. F. R. B.. recently
exhibited a radium section at a meeting
of th Glasgow Section of Electrical En
gineers, which Is still being discussed by
th Scottish scientists. H described a
piece of apparatus Invented by the Hon.
Robin Strutt. F. R. B.. eldest son of Lord
Raylelgh, which, he said, showed In a
very remarkable way some of tbs proper
ties of radium. A pair of gold leaves, after
the manner of a gold leaf electroscope, ar
hung from tb bottom of a smal tub con
taining a small amount of bromide of ra
dium. Th radium tub Is supported from
tt top of th glass cover of the appa
ratus by a little bar of fused quarts, which
hi a nearly perfect Insulator. Tb radium
tub Itself is coated with a pasty solution
of phosphoric acid, which makes It con
ductive. A the very actlva beta emana
tion escapes through the walls of th ra
dium tube, th alpha radiation creep
down and electrifies th gold leave, which
thereupon diverge. When they have di
verged sufficiently they touch two alum
mum plates on tbs t we sides of tbe cover
and discharge themselves, snd this action
goes on periodically, th leave being
charged and discharged (in th apparatus
shown) la three and one-quarter minutes.
It la to be noted that the vessel which
contains this apparatus Is highly evacuated
by means of a sprengl pump, the air
pressure being reduced to something like
th ten-millionth of aa atmosphere. Dr.
Bottomley has set up this apparatus of
Mr. Btrutt's for the purpose of finding out
whether, after a very long time, th ac
tivity of radium decreases or disappears.
Th observation will tail whether th ac
tion of a radium clock becom longer with
Davis' Credential Filed.
WASHINGTON, Feb. t Senator Clark
of Arkansas today presented to the aenat
th credentials of Jefferson Davis, elected
to succeed Bsnalnr Berry,
BRITISH LOOK TO MEXICO
Tfataral Itesawrees of Peatberw Re-
pwfelle Attract Atteatlaa of
Investor of Usita,
LOXDOX. Feb. I (Special An ef
fective movement Is on foot to develop the
resource of the Republic of Mexico and
Mr. John W. De Kay Is now her as tbs
advance agent of th movement.
The first proposition which Mr. De Kay
has taken up is the Mexican National
Packing company, which Is establishing
In three state of Mexico three large pack
ing houses, esch with a capacity of t.BOO
cattle. t.SW hogs and X.KO sheep weekly.
Mr. De Kay, however. Insists that this la
only th beginning and that In th not
far distant future Mexico will be able to
undersell (he world In th matter of
meat products.
Among the persons said to be Interested
in the movement may be mentioned Hon.
Sebastian Camacho. president of the Na
tional Bank of Mexico and vice president
of the federal senate; Hon. Luis Mendos.
president of the Mexican government
railway commission and the foremost law
yer In th republic; Hon. J. M. Llmantour,
director of the National Bank of Mexico
nd president and owner of tb Cordoba
ft Huatuaco Railway company; Hon. Car
lo Eacandon, a well known capitalist of
Mexico; Hon. Francisco Alfsro, member
of congress and of the city council of
Mexico; Hon. J. F. Criarto. a member of
the federal senate and late civil judg of
Mexico; Hon. George E. Foster of Toronto,
first vice president and manager of the
t'nlon Trust company, member of Par
liament and late minister of France, Do
minion of Canada, and many others.
Among the British leaders of thought
and action Interested may be mentioned
Sir William Haynea Smith, chairman of
th Egyptian Land and General Trust,
Limited; Sir William Wiseman. Bart. Lon
don manager of the Imperial Food Sup
plies, Limited; Hon. Adolfol Bulle, consul
of th United 8tate of Mexico for Lon
don and Its dependencies; Mr. Joseph
Moore, chairman of the London Central
Markets Cold 8torag company, limited,
and M. Lafayette H. De Frlese, director
of Borax Consolidated. Limited. -
CAMPAIGN INJTHE TRANSVAAL
Three Parties Strive for accea at
Polls In the First
Election.
JOHANNESBURG. Feb. t SpecuU-
The three political parties are busy com
pleting their plans for the first Transvaal
elections under the new constitution.
It Is not expected that the polling will be
completed for more than a month, but
ther are 1)0 condldatea In the field and in
on Instanc flv candidates ar fighting
for the same seat.
The feature of the election will be the
finessing of the parties to gain aa advan
tage. Th multiplicity of the candidates
Is likely to favor the progressive that is.
the mining Interests whose chances ar
dally Improving. Not kmg ago ther were
Indication of a hopeless progressiva de
feat, but up to th present time a strong
minority, at least. Is expected.
Th nationalists-the colonial British and
British colonials favoring an Independent
policy will probatuy glv the Het Volk
(Borge party) an advantage by splitting
ths British vote.
Sir A. Woole-Sampson declared not long
ago that If tha British lost tb election
th reault would be due to th "political
national scouts, who ar opposing- their
own side." Their leader. Sir Richard Solo
mon's entry In th lists Is swatted with In
terest. Th progressiva leaders ar deter
mined not to Join the coalition. Unless
therefor he unreservedly throw In his
lot with th progressives he must be con
tent to lead an attenuated national party
to the ruin of his political future of join
Het Volk.
Speaking at Boksburg Sir George Farrar
denounced the policy of the liberal gov
ernment as a "policy which has don its
utmost to destroy the prosperity of the
j Transvaal by making it a cockpit for th
1 fighting out of the misstatements and false-
hoods uttered during th general election
In Great Britain,
COG ROAD FOR THE ALPS
Swiss Eaglseer Will Belld Use Cp
the Matterhern In Feer
Years.
GENEVA Feb. 2 (Special.) Two Zurich
engineers. Messrs. Golller and Imfeld. who
in 18M obtained concessions to construct tha J
Zermatt-Gonergrat and th Zermatt-Mat-terhorn
railways, ar about to carry out
th second project.
Ths new lln will be on tb cog wheel
system, will cost ll.IM.0fO and will be com
pleted In four years. It will be constructed
In two sections, the first from tbe Vlego sta
tion at Zermatt to th Matterhorn hut, and
the second from tb hat to th summit of
ths Matterborn by a tunnel about X.SM
yards In length.
Within thirty yards of tha summit th
station and a number of rooms will be cut
out of the solid rock. Tha rooms will In
clude a special chamber filled with com-
pressed oxygen for tourists suffering from
mountain sickness.
Tbs return ticket will cost CO and th
Journey up will tak on and one-half hours
st ths most. Operations ar to be started
next summer.
AFGHANS MUST STAY AT HOME
S Many People West e Visit Meecet
that Feblle Besleess
CALCUTTA Feb. 1 (Special) Th amir
of Kabul recently notified that all servants
of ths stats wer free to msks tbs pil
grimage to Mecca and that leav of ab
sence would be granted to everyone apply
ing. Th applications for leave are said to
hav been so numerous that th order on
the subject hav been held for tb tlm
being In abeyance. ,
Tbe transaction of tb publlo business at
Kabul would have been Interfered with if
all of ths spplications had been granted.
Tbs preparations for ths smlr's Journey to
India Included th hlr of 1000 camels for
his train hav been completed.
OLD MASTERS DISCOVERED
no Fletnr Restorer Says
Has Feead Two by
Vandyke.
Re
THE HAGUE. Feb. 1 (Special )-While
cleaning- old pictures from a privet collec
tion In Ltydon, a Hague picture restorer
named Jooatsns found two Vandykes, en
representing the Annunciation aud the
second Mary's visit to tb sepulchre. Al
though similar subjects ear rarely chosen
by this artist, tbes particular pictures are
believed to be genuine.
BAROXKASEROTALRS
Special Amussta.2oT of K.ktdo to Usitsd
EUtes Discusses School Incident
AMERICAN JUSTICE CAN BE TRUSTED
.nttsnoe Proves Deep-letted Friendship
Eetwecn tbe Powers.
WAR TALK NOT ntfcARDED SERIOUSLY
German Fereirn Cffioe Bsys There is So
Dsneer of Hostilities,
COMMENT
CF Trie LONDON PAPERS
British feovernnaeat Circle Htti
Clvea Little Consideration to
Controversy aed Recorded
as L'nlsspertant.
TOKIO, Feb. lt Afternoon.) Baron Kan
taro Kaneko, a distinguished member of
tb Japanese house of peers and a special
ambassador recently detailed by th Im
perial government to visit America and
study political and economic conditions
tber. has Just ben Interviewed on the
San Francisco scoool question. In the
course of an Interview be said:
"From the outset 1 knew it to b a local
question, unindorsed by American public
opinion, and I hav been speaking of It to
my friends In that light. This Is more
than confirmed oy President Roosevelt'
message, which I consider the greatest ut
terance sines the farewell message of Prss
Idem Washington. It Is unprecedented In
ths way It so strongly advocates a foreign
cause. No stronger or abler advocate could
be found for Japan, When tbe text of his
message bearing on th school question
wss fully translated In the leading papers
throughout this country, even in th Island
of Formosa on could readily see and ap
preciate th profoundness of his argu
ments. Had tha question risen elsewhere
th crisis would have occurred and loud
defiance have been uttered for the length
and breadth of the empire. On the other
hand, the quiet tone of th press clearly
demonstrates th strength of th confidence
reposed In President Roosevelt and th typ
ical American sentiment generally.
Asserleaa School Beat.
"As a sincere friend of America I could
not help but regret that San Francisco
officials should have chosen Innocent chll
dren for effecting their political ends.
"All my friends who hav recently re
turned from abroad making oomparaUv
observation of educational systems In civ
ilised countries, concur In giving tha first
rank - to the American system. The fact
that such an excellent fruit of civilisation
has been refused to ths children of a
friendly power,- and that,, too. In a coun
try acknowledged as the practical ex
ponent of human rtajianisra. only tends to
alienate It from th sympathies of th
civilised world. Before this Injustice Japan
rests peaceful and quiet. Not a single
soul has ever thought that ths San Fran
cisco affair would endanger the friendship
of both-. Itess. The affair., disacreeabl
and regrettable as It la. has served tbs
unique purpos of demonstrating to the
world how deep-rooted Is th friendship
betsreen Japan and America. The latent
cordiality Japan entertains for its tutor Is
shown by th fact that, suffering under ths
severest strain, Japan does not forget what
It owes to America In Its modern progress.
but unflinchingly trusts In support of Its
rights to the Justice which guides Ameri
can sentiments.". , t
ot Rersrled Serloasly.
BERLIN. Feb. t The Foreign office
doea not regard the differences between
ths United States and Japan as having
reached a serious point. Th Japsnes
embassy, replying todsy to Inquiries from
various newspapers, said there was no rea
son to consider th relations between th
United States snd Japan as being in sny
way strained, adding that President Roose
velt will doubtless settle tbe whole matter
to th satisfaction of Japan.
Disquieting; telegrams sent out In the
forenoon by the ticker-news company had
a depressing Influence on th Bourse.
The Japanese government apparently did
not buy any guns or military supplies In
Germany during recent months.
Th Vosslsch Zeitung Bours report
says: .
"Price on th Bours today were de
pressed becaus of the dispute which hss
arisen between the United States and Japan,
which 1. regarded here, as In London, a.
being very serious. The lower quotations
af Japan bonds In London caused a
similar decline In Berlin."
Japanese H per cents fell over of a
point, but recovered partly after the close
of ths Bourse.
The newspspers here spread on the
threatened war between the United States
and Japan." give comparisons of ths
navies of ths two countries, point to ths
isolated position of ths American fleet In
Philippine waters and the difficulties th
United States would encounter In concen
trating a fleet, sending It to the far east
and operating It successfully at such a
distance from Its base, and so on. but they
fully recognise th enormous reserve power
of tb United States and also th probabllty
that President Roosevelt will succeed In
satisfactorily arranging tha questiona under
dlscusslbn.
Britons Inclined1 te Jeke.
LONOON. Feb. X. Dispatches from tbs
United States reporting new tension bo-
tween the United States and Japan over
th Ban Francisco school Incident are pub-
llehed with rather derisive comment. ..
tha press takes ths view that Japan is not
as belllnrent aa it ia renorted. Th. official
view, while it does not minimise th dell
cat point Involved, still doe not regard
th question as having entered on tb
critical stage. It Is pointed out that th
reports of a Japanese "ultimatum" prob
ably aria from the popular uae of th
word Instead f Its decisive meaning under
international law. Government circles thus
far have given little consideration to this
controversy, as they do not share th view
that It la likely to embroil Great Britain
under ths Anglo-Japanese treaty. Officials
point out that tbe whole thing is more of a
auestion between th federal and stat sot.
ernments than between Janan and th.
United States. During a recent formal
exchange of views on of ths chief govern-
ment officials said on of th chief dlf -
Acuities of th federal government In deal-
Ing with the different states could be sp-
nrecistMl here owlne ta Great Britain a
difficultlea with New Poundland and other
colonies.
Concerning ths Acglo-Japsnes treaty for 1 Hampsrur tomorrow,
mutual support th official view la that this Aa the stricken woman was being re
treaty is limited by Its preamble to th moved to tb lobby of tbe theater. Mrs.
maintenance of tb territorial rights of j Roosevelt. Associate Justice Moody and
Great Britain and Japan In eastern Asia ' forming a box party, cam through
and India. Ia explaining th limitation. ! privet entrance. It was not anta some
tb official referred to above related the
(Continued on Second PaeTe.)
HEPBURN 0NRIVER WORK
Ceagreasssan ' frees lew Attarka
River and Harbor Appro
prtatlea. (From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON. Feb. X. (Special Tele
gram.) With characteristic vehemence.
Congressman Hepburn of Iowa today made
his oft-repealed speech against many of
the features of the rivers and harbors
appropriation biiL He was given an hour
to criticise the commute and generally to
make rough-house of th whole waterways
measure.
Colonel Peter Hepburn told the house.
Incident to a vigorous attack on the Missis
sippi river project, that the Missouri river
from Sioux City to St- Joseph wander
through broad bottoms from flv to twenty
mile In breadth. He said the only way to
stop tbe ravage of the river waa to build
spur dams a few rods long at th beginning
of each bend dams made with mattresses
weighted with stone and extending Into the
current and downward at an angle of about
thirty degrees from the banka
"This forms a permeable dam." he said,
"and the eater creeping, through, th slit
with which It Is laden is deposited because
of the retardation of the current, and there
is built up behind each of these dams a
firm, substantial bank that diverts th'
current. Probably on the opposite side, at
a distance of a mile or two. It would be
necessary to build another, and to let th
river slgsag and have its sinuosity, but
within tha banks of tbe river. Instead of
constantly encroaching upon th bsnks and
destroying .most valuable land within th
state of Iowa and Nebraska."
He concluded by saying he believed bis
ideas were practical and it would b better
to uae the money for the purposes outlined
than to waste it upon improvement of ths
navigation of the river.
The subcommittee of the military affairs
committee of tbe senate, of which Senator
Scott of West Virginia Is chairman, today
reported favorably to th full committee
Ben it err Burkett's smendment to the mili
tary appropriations bill, appropriating 1140,
0GQ for additional purchase of land at Fort
Robinson. It is expected th military ap
propriations bill will be reported to th
house some day next week.
Congressman Kinkald today appeared be-
for the appropriations committee of the ! corned, for the difference In the amount
house and urged th adoption of an amend- i ,d , the countlM toi amount re
ment carrying SH0.000 for th purchase of unJer th. .pportionment act Is
-na.worxrioo.nson. v nen toia tnat me
military affairs committee of the senat
wsj .considering th smendment. -Judge Kin-
kald was considerably surprised, but said
he was after results and did not care who
was instrumental in getting them for his
district.
Congressman Hlnshaw today filed a letter
with the Interstate and Foreign Commerce
commission from B. J. Raney, chief con
ductor of division Stl of th Order of Rail
way Conductors, located at Fairbury, Neb.,
which Illuminates tbs method of railway
managers In opposition to the LaFollette
six teen-hour bllL Mr. Raney says that
some time sgo s friend cf the raJIro
circulated a petition through his section
of th country protesting against ths pas-
am of th. mn,.hn. Mil ii ..m.
having been sent to som of the represents
ttves hers. Mr. Raney haa taken ths trouble
to Investigate the mstter and finds that
nearlv all of the names aimed ta the mil
tlon had been obtained through mlsrepre-
sentaUon. "I have not seen a man who
aigned the petition who Is not sorry for It,"
says Mr. Raney. "and we want to see It
passed."
Th Indian warehouse st Omaha Is saved
again." said Senator Millard today. "It has
been decided to continue It snd also to
retain R. C. Jordan as superintendent Ever
sine I hava been In ths senate I have
fought for an Indian warehouse at Omaha
snd have each year gained my point, as
a"alnst the recommendation of the several
commissioners of Indian affairs, who have
served during my term as United States
senator."
ANTI-PASS BILL GOES THROUGH
Soath Dakota Will Permit Transpor
tation Contracts for Adver
tising; In Newspapers.
PIERRE, 8. D., Feb. (.(Special Tele
gram.) Th work fit th two hpusea to
day was principally In committee of the
whole on a discussion of two bills, the
capltol building bill In th senat and the
anti-pass bill In ths bouse. After smend
ment the capltol building bill, carrying an
appropriation of 1600.000, which Is to
come principally frpra tbe sale of state
lands, was adopted by the senate by
unanimous vote. The bill aa pasaed gives
I 6outh Dkot 1 cf"t d"
vantage over material from outside th
state.
At I o'clock the house went Into com
mittee of the whole on the senate anti
pass bill, which was smended to provide
for newspaper contracts for advertising
payable in transportation and to allow
' tlegraph and telephone linemen to be
' "mPt trom provisions of tbe bill,
th' amendments were offered, but none
were accepted. Tbe principal one turned
down was offered by Foster, who desired
to strike off the emergency clause, and
was opposed by Glass, Van Osdel, Lar
aon, Trumbo and Cable. This amend
ment was voted down by it to it. Tha
bill then passed by 7 to X. the two vot
ing against tt being Goff and Carley.
A few bills were presented In each
house, but all were of minor Importance, j
Tbe senate this evening confirmed tlie
appointment of A. H. Wheaton of Brook,
lngs as food and dairy commissioner.
It Is walk or pay In South Dakota from
I h. .w V. . . . . ... i . . m . K
i BOW va " ' ,, " ,
I '- few minor
amendments will send It back to the sen-
. tor concurrepce and it will be aigned
1 ss soon as It gel to tbs governor. That
will give the pass crowa enougn leeway to
get home, but not much mora
MRS. GALLINGER IS DEAD
Wife of Senator from Sew Ham pa hi re
Expiree Saddenly In Wash-
lesrten Theater.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 Mrs. Jacob H.
Gailinger, wlf of Senator G ailing r of New
' Hampshire, was taken Hi In ths Belasoo
! theater tonight and died ahortly afterward.
' Senator Gailinger. his wUs and four
I friends went to the theater tonight aa ths
. Sata ' David BeUacu. Tb party had
J entered tbe building, when Mrs. Oal-
linger swooned. Whll waiting for ths
' ambulant of tb Emergency hospital. Mrs.
, Gailinger expired. Death was due to angina
I pectoris. Tbs body will be taken to New
tlm afterward that Mr. Roosevelt was
advised of Mrs. (iallinger deaals. and abe
waa greatly stsckat
ATTACK SCHOOL LEVY
Eenstor lice Ess s Bill to Bepesl Lew for
General fchool Tax.
EFFECT ON VARIOUS COUNTIES DIFFERS
Come Taj ia Vore I has is Eetmrsed snd
Others Ars tbs Gainers,
AMENDMENTS TO THl CHILD LABOR LAW
Committee Frscticallj Arrted on the
Fnsseocer Bate Lew.
FARE IS FIXED AT 1W0 CENTS PER MILE
Antl-Fmea BUI Completed with the
Exception of Deciding en the
Exemptions Which Ar to
Be Permitted.
fFrom a Steff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, Feb. t (Special.) Senator
King's bill to repeal the statute providing
far s state levy for the support of th
public schools cf the state Is sttractlng
much attention. In view of ths fact ther
I such a decided sentiment for specific
appropriations to take the plac of appro
priations by levy. The statute which th
Polk county member seeks to repeal fixes
the maximum levy to be made for publlo
school purposes at I mills, but st this
time ths levy Is mill. Should Ibis bill
carry It will not sffect the temporary school
fund, except In the matter of the direct
tax levy, as this fund I not only made up
of the taxes raised by the levy, but from
th Interest on tha permanent school fund.
During the year 1906 there waa paid Into
the state treasury from tha H mill levy
tl3S.BSs.li. snd ther wss apportioned out
to the various counties IU. 227.21 of this
sum.
Records In the office of th treasurer
show th levy In realty cuts little flgur In
sofar ss ssslsttng the school dtsericts Is
,t n w ,ugKtM that th
j b0 (choo of rt4te wouM help4
h w rrov)de, for th.
stste to go to the gsslstance of those
counties which cannot, even with the- sp
portlonment snd their own school levy,
maintain a nln months school. In som
counties even with the highest possible levy
under the lsw, th revenue 1 so small It
la impossible to hold more than thre
months school.
Should the King bill carry and ths statuts
be repealed, leaving each county or school
district to maintain Its own public schools.
Douglas county would save K.to.l7 a yr.
, " PW the school fund that much mors In
,nan U un1'r th f
portlonment. Lancaster county paid In
adBl.u more man n i tti iivid uw
portlonment, while Antelope county re
ceived from the state S4L11 mors than It
paid under the levy. By- the repeal of th
! levT Blaln county would ssvs SS7.SX. WhfU
Buffalo county would lose SUIXJB; Cuming
county would save shout SOTO, Franklin
county S600. Garfield and Gosper counties
each would lose about S300 and Grant
county would save about tMO.
Hew' It Affects the Ceeatlea.
The figures In th table below show th
amount of money each county paid into
the school fund under the H mill levy and
the money hlch the stats treasurer paid
back Into the. counties from their levy
under th semi-annual apportionment of
1906. The figures do not balance for th
reason tbe state treasurer certifies the ap
portionment to the state superintendent on
the first Monday In December and ths first
Monday In May, which dates do not coin
cide with the fiscal year datea. in th total
amount of money paid In soma of It la
hack taxes. Tbe apportionment Is based
on ths school census for 1906, a total of
S75.M school children. The table Is ss fol
lows: t
' Paid by Apportioned
Counties, to Counties.
Adams ....
Antelope ..
Banner ....
Blaine
Boone
Box Butte..
Boyd
Brown .....
Buffalo ....
Burt
Butler
Cuss
Cedar
Chase ,
Cherry .....
Cheyenne ..
Clay
Colfax
Cuming ....
Custer
Dakota ....
Dawes .....
Dawson ...
Ieul
IUxon
Itodge
Douglas ...
Imndy ....
Fillmore ..
Franklin .
Frontier ..
Furnas ....
Gage
Garfield . .
Gosper ...
Grant .....
Greeley ..
Hall
Hamilton
t t.icn.a i i.si to
1.4)4
ia.7
17 M
136.07
1.7TB. 17
J3 17
K4.S1
4 40
M37.3S
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1.61J 13
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l.Stt 44
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J.'7.T7
1.KM.37
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1.128.S6
746.14
11M.41
1.71S.6
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14.41. 7
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1.1 21
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234.14
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t)i si
1.177.W
X.1W.21
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41.Z3
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371 M
8 45
77.7
1.176 1
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1.37S M
S.SV).4
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Txs M
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2M.23
1.730 27
1.147. w
17.004 -g
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1234. S3
1.4U M
1,1-71 S3
1.7'407
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1.174 as
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1.H7.S1
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1.475 7
IT et
477 43
112.24
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1.714 43
118 10
MM
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1.7e.l
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1 11 2 m
1.UN
I. 774 (4
II. 45 U
1.41 .It
t BIS US
4i, 4l
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l.aty 4
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1.111 S7
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l.kl (
r Tt
XAU.C2
Harlan ....
Hayes
Hitchcock
Holt
Hooker ...
Howard ...
Jefferson .
I ...hnv.n
keirne,
,
j KeJ Paha..
Kimball
Knox
Lancaster
Lincoln .
Logan ...
Loup
lis. 14
Msdlson (.Mil
Mcpherson
64 6
Merrick
Nance
Nemaha .....
Nuckolls
(Hoe
pawne
Perkins
Phelps
ilerc
Piatt
Polk
Red Willow..
l.SM 70
1.2-3 a
X.l M
1 ft 01
I. .(
Lici.n
4SS 44
l.re t
1.47 18
Z.M 3
LtVJ.st
um.(
4T7 SI
X.2 30
1.W7 (1
lt?li7
4 2
1 44 &
715
7U It
k'lil
1414.00
L n
41 41
fel.ll
Kichsrdson .
Rock
t r,0
punders
Scott's Bluff
fI!j(1
, Sbnou
' Sioux
, fl'''",! "
j Tho, '"TY
Thurston
Valley
Washington
Wayne .....
Webster ....
Whveler ....
Tork
1.0
X 441 44
l.Ui M
1.M (I
1H.H
1711 A3
Total.
S!M.bW.1 S1M.ZXVM
Ths coBasultte oh school Velslatioa ap
eelnted by the Stat Teachers ass ertatXi.
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