THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MARCH 23. 1003.
RATE HEARING TUESDAY
SUU Railway Commission Will Tk
' Up Freight Tariffs.
AIL EOADS TO BE BETHESENTED
Qttloa af Wkttkrr Dlataaee Baala
Shall Be teed Is te Be rinit ,
. rMrr4 I'alTfnltr
A (alette riu.
(From a staff Correspondent.)
LINCOLN, March .-8pec1al.)-The rate
' hearing before the State Railway commis
sion will beg In Tuesday morning:, at which
tlm many commercial eluba will be repre-
' SentM, while all of th railroad companies
lit tha state ar expected to ba represented.
The first (juration to ba settled will be
whether tha commission should promulgate
distance tariff rats or Just reduce the
present rates without disturbing the system
now In vogce. Tha Commercial ciub of
Fremont Is tha first to writs the commission
In opposition to a change In the system.
The Lincoln Comtnercnl club does not seem
to ha sure where It stands In the matter
nd before the hearing Is over It may line
up with Fremont, In order not to disturb
i tha rates enjoyed by tha capital city on
outgoing freight.
University Athtetto Field.
At A recent meeting of the committees
m finance and ' property and Industrial
, tducatlon of the teoard of (Regents of the
itate university, eM subcommittee wss ap
pointed to report At tha annual meeting in
Ipril en tha matter of an athletic field,
v tha committees' which are composed of
VtfmbersoMiand. . Allen, Lyford and
VbTjoTfT visited tha atate university Tarm
lad investigated It, with a view to beautlfy
ng the ground and perfecting a plan for
future buildings, having- an eye ta the
. trtlstlo aa well as the general utility of
'.he buildings. The committee will consult
I. H. . Harikinson. who had charge of tho
. trtd IK. Louis expositions. The committee
leslree to Improve the looks of the open
ipace between the buildings and mark out
tbe locations of other buildings, which will
f necessity, be erected In the future. In
ihe matter of the athletic field several sug
gestion have been made. The committee
realises something has to be done, because
tha students athletically Inclined have no
plaoa to turn around, as tha present athletic
field has been taken over for buildings.
Bryan's Friends Dear Report.
Friends of W. J.. Bryan In Lincoln say
Mr, Bryan s not responsible for the letters
sent out from New York, telling about the
"contesting delegation" from that state.
They were unable to recognise any of the
.names on the letter heads as being leader
In New Tork polities, and some were In
clined to te belle the orgsntsatlon In New
York was due mo.e than anything else to
persons who desire to attract local atten
tion there. Practically- all of the stato offi
cers received copies of " the letter and
circulars.
MUNICIPAL TICKETS AT SCLAB.K
License and Antl-l.Icensc Slates Com
posed of Representative Mea.
CLARKS. Nob., March Si. (Special.) -The
bsstnees mf.i'i party, opposed to the" sa
loons, r.eiU IS caucus eaneauay iiisui mui
nominated t:ia following for village trustees,
one to fill vacancy: Klwood Knight, James
Wolfe. M. C. Ukes and Frank Bears. The
mIiIum' mmv f&vrirtnaf license - i aufui&ed
Friday nlfht nominating WHIIiim Douglass,
.MrgV Campbell1.' V." T7 StTr'e1 and Albert''
McLeln. Both tickets are made up of
rnpentHve boldness men of (larks and
the election- la going to' be-, as Is usual here,
1 -close. A prevent triers2 are1 tw saloons in
Clerks.
PAWNEE CITY, Neb., March 21. (Spe
cial.) At a caucus? f the cltliena of
Pawnee City held Friday evening the fol
lowing ticket , was placed In nomination
for cltvi efflaers for 'the ensuing year:
' Mayor, Reuben Llpp: clerk, Fred Barclay;
treasurer, Vernon Bascom; police- Judge,
S. J. Graham; engineer, J. C. Smuts;
councilman,' First Ward, It. A. Mahan;
councilman,,. Second ward, J. P. Albright;
member ' ot Board of Education, First
district, Frank A. Barton and A. II.
Wherry. This Is a nonpartisan ticket and
will doubtless be the only one In the
field.
KX-GOYEHOH HOLCOMB RETURN!
Experts to Make His Howe la Broke a
BOW Again.
BROKEN BOW. Neb.. March 22. (Spe
cial.) H has been learned here that Silas
A, Holcomb, twice governor and once su
preme court Judge of Nebraska, who has
been making: his koma In Seattle for the
last, two. years, . will return, to Nebraska
and make his noma again In Broken Bow.
Prior to his election aa governor In 181)4
he resided hero. - After serving two terms
In tha gubernatorial office he retired te
the practice of law, remaining In Lin
coln. iA year later, ' In 1899, lie was
elected to tha supreme bench. On leav
ing that body In January, 1906, he went
to Seattle,- primarily on account of his
health, as he waa severely afflicted with
rheumatism. - The climate has benefited
him ta soma extent, but he baa not en
tirely, recovered Nebraska has continued
to be Ala preference for a home and he
still o'na property . here. lie sold out
Itla Interest in Lincoln-at the time ' -of
leaving . and has lately disposed of his
holdings, at Seattle.
' Nebraska. Nevrs JVotee.
FA lit B UR T The prohibitionists Saturday
evening nominated the same ticket as did
the UIkIi license caucus of the previous
evening, except Mr: Robinson having with
drawn, Frank A. Houston was nominated
tor alderman of the second ward.
COOK. At dozens' primary held at
' he OLtr liouoe lut nluht inat Dt-raon
ero nominated' for councilman. The
(ueatlon of license will be submitted to
i direct vote of the people, the first time
.n the History 01 in village.
HERMAN Eu Tackett filled up on
tome of Herman's finest boose and when
his wife found it out she came up town
with her baby In her arms and her othor
four small children following her and
tried to get him to go home, out he was
not ready to go and gave her a good
Grape-Nuts food is made
of Wheat and Barley, in
large 10-lb loaves which are
first baked, then sliced and
again baked until rock hard.
The, slices are then ground
into the granules called
Grape Nuts.
The long baking changes
the' starch of the cereals to a
form of sugar; which is
easily digested and quickly
absorbed by even a child.
It affords ideal nourish
ment for all ages from in
fancy to maturity for all.
conditions from the Inva
lid to the Athlete. ......
"There's a Keason." '
cursing. He finally went home with her
and got Ills gun and was going to kill
them all, but the neighbors came in -and
he changed his mind, but said he would
burn the house. At last accounts he had
cooled off somewhat,
HERMAN FrMay nlaht someone broke
open a car containing merchandise stand
ing near the depot and stole a stilt case
marked for I,. Hanwn. The box It ranu
in was found near the stock vards In
Kilalr. There seems to be no clue to the
party that did thl.
AINSWORTH The commissioners of
Brown county met Pnturdny and accepted
fine, steel hrldire. of two spans aerols the
Niobrara river st McClane crossing, north
Jf Ixng Pine. It was built by yie Town
fend Bridge company of O'Neill and Is to
be paid for by the counties of Brown and
iey Paha.
AINSWORTH The commissioners of
Brown county met . Saturday and acted on
a petition signed by the necessary free
holders empowering them to call a special
election to give the voters . chance, to
ssy whether the commissioners shall he
empowered to build a county high sehoo.
The clatB of election Is set for June 2.
COZALv O. C. Bank, one of the lead
ing merchants of this place, has sold
his general merchandise store to O. 1).
Bevls and Wllllsm H. Arnold, who took
possession Saturday under the firm name
of He vie ft Arnold. Mr. Banks came
here from North Platte shout ten years
sco and has been In the general mercan
tile business here ever since. He will
probably return to North Platte In the
near future, where- he will go Into busi
ness. GERIN'G Upon a showing of afflda.
vlti that It was not thought that Ernest
8. Kenlson could get a fair verdict In
this countv. Judge Orlmes granted a
change. The defendant requeated that
the iae be taken to Kimball county. The
law requires that In case of a change
the trial shall be In a county adjoining,
but the defendant agreeing to waive the
right to take advantage of any technical
ity In this regard, Judge Orlmes granted
trie request and the Keniaon trial will
be had In Kimball county, the date get
being May 11.
THE WORLD'S GREATEST BANK
CharacterUtlo Fee tares and Achieve
ments of ike Baak of
" France. 1
The volume of business transacted by
the Bank of France last year is Indicated
by the discount of 21,600,000 of bills aggre
gating In value more than 13,000.000,000;
applications for discount from clients In
Paris alone numbered 710,000. '
. The surprising fact Is disclosed that
the average value of alt the 1,000,400,000
bills waa S14S and their life, or , pane
until maturity, was a little morb than
twenty-six days; of the bills offered by
Parisian clients, tradesmen, about 236,000
ranged from S1.S3 to 1 10. LttO.OOO from tlO to
$20, and 3,800,000 above S20.
The discount business of the bank was
conducted at the uniform rate of 3 per
cent, this being the official figure for ten
months of the year. Another Interesting
fact Is that Its branches are so . located
throughout the republic as to ba acces
sible to the entire population, thus en
abling borrowers to obtain accommodation
In the vicinity of their homes and those
who seek to deposit their funds to effect
such deposits with a minimum of incon
venience. That the Bank of France profta, and
that, too, largely from Its business. Is
shown by the fact that the net dividend
last year was at the rate of 1TH Per cent
per annum; this will account for the main
tenance of a value of SS00 a share, -the par
value of which la 1200.
Moreover, the credit of the bank Is In
comparably greater than that of any tn
sttution In tho world; even during; the
siege of Paris by the Germans, and when
the commune was In '. possession of the
gay capital, the notes of the bank fell to
only 84 slight discount and they Imme
diately recovered when the crisis had
f assed. . Furthermore the bank holds the
largest amount of gold of any purely
trading Institution In the world. New
Tor.H . F.tnenelr, , -, ,
BOYCOTT FOR BREWERIES
t. Loots Brew Masters Are A ceased
T Local Union of Vlolatlna
Contraets. 8T. LOUTS. March 21 -Declaring that the
brewery owners of the twenty-four syndi
cate and Independent breweries of St.
Louis and vicinity had violated their con
tracts and locked out S.W0 union employes
and that they had refused . to arbitrate.
the local unions, through their Interna
tional secretary, Joseph Proebstle, late
today placed the breweries on the "unfair
list." '
Tonight 100,000 circular wero distributed
bearing the fact that the union men had
decided to boycott the St. Louts breweries
and Import beer from - outside cities, and
asking aid of other union men. It was also
stated that an attempt- will be made to
call out the men employed In branches of
big; breweries having their main plants
here.
Advertleementa wef published today by
the various breweries "declaring- 'their pur
pose to retain and protect all competent
men whom they have employed since the
strike of brewery workera, which began
five days ago. The brewers further an
nounce that they' will hold open this guar
antee to former employee how out on
strike, providing they apply for work be
fore noon next Monday, unless their places
shall have been filled by thut time.
Each of the breweries In the agreement
promise that wages and .hours of work
shall remain as heretofore (n force for the
positions. , ..
Aaaoaacrmeats of tha Theaters.
'The Lion and tha Mouse," which Honry
B. Harris -will present la this city at the
Boyd theater Thursday until Saturday, Is
an American play, essentially and con
spicuously such, and based upon a theme
which has not been before exploited
dramatically. It deals directly with a
subject which at the present moment la
very much la the public mind. Tha cor
ruption of politics and legislation by tha
power of combined money-making organ
isations and the dominance of unscrup-
uloue kings el finance.
Doat forget Those Cross
Cough Drops. Everywhere. Sc yer box.
I as a Ufa (aver.
A eur barred from the fashionable nr.
clncta of dogdom because of his low birth.
Is being treated with great consideration
by Lieutenant Thomas and the police nt
the Stanton Avenue station, Cnicago. As
seir-appoinieo; guardian tor a 8-year-old
boy. abandoned bv fta Barents, the nlml
saved the child from dying In the snaw
Juat inside me gates of Ft. Joseph's Or
phan asylum, Thirly-flih atreec and Laka
avenue. ,
Attendants at it. Joseph's Orphan asylum
were aroused during a enowstorm by the
winning 01 int oog ouunae tne floor. Ly
ing In the anow they found the babv asleen
An overcoat of blue, with naval decora
tions on the arms, was one of Its many
garments of good material.
As the asylum la exclusively for girl the
ponce were ncniriea an.j tlm 1 hild
srnt to the Hi anion Avenue station. The
aog trot leu in tne wane or tne patrol wagon
uirouga me neary uruia or mow.
Joe-are 111 ay Goat.
Justice of the Peace "Joe"' Butterhoff
was held tip by billy goat late Wedneadav
night. That la. he was held ap until the
goat withdrew his support and part of the
judge's clothing. It was some time aftar
midnight when the Judge waa tramping
along the lonely boulevard ' towards hla
home. He was turning over weighty legal
ouestions wien v imam wandered tip be
hind him and elevated him to a higher
court. 1 was ss excited when I bit tli
ground, aald the .Hidae. "that I thought It
was highwaymen did it. I searched invaelt
and I had everything but a very i.ecuaaarv
fart of mv trousers. Whlla I was standing
here In the dark the goat came up and
tnea to converse witn me. I look hira hon
with me. and I m going to hold him fu
ranaom. Judge Mullerhoff held rnui
standing- up eaterd-. New York Wjf.d.
ALLEN WILL SUPPORT BRYAN
Former Senator Will Not Attend the
Populist Convention.
TKLTfXS TOM WATSON WILL RUN
Declares llfcmaelf
bat . Ha Will
Work for
till a ' Popaltat,
Not Vote or
Papal lat
Ticket.
"I shall support Mr. Brysn for the preel.
dency no matter who nominates him," said
x-Unlted Slates Senator W. V. Allen at
the Paxton hotel Sunday afternoon. "I
shall support him for the reason that I be
lieve him to be the best man for president
and believe that he will be nominated and
elected.
"I shall not go to the St. Louis conven
tion, though I am still a populist. I think
the populist convention will be dominated
by the southern delegations and Influences,
and that Mr. Watson or some other south
ern man will be nominated. So If I do not
got to the convention I will not be bound
by It.
"I suppose Mr. Taft will be the nominee
of the republicans. I hope so, for the rea
son that I believe we can beat him with
Mr. Bryan. Tet, after all, I think Mr.
Roosevelt Is still a candidate and that Sec
retary Taft Is merely a stalking horse for
him. I believe Roosevelt wants the nomi
nation and that he would take It again four
yearfc from now if he can got It.
"The populist party Is now In the minor
ity In the west. Most of the members have
gone back into the democratic party, and
some Into the republican party. But there
are a few of ua left as a leaven to keep
the old spirit alive. ,
"My visit here Is on private matters and
shall return to Logan, la., Monday, where
am engaged In the defense of A. H. Sniff,
editor of the Harrison County News, on
trial for tha murder of M. E. Brundige. We
expect to get through with the trial about
Tuesday."
Orlno Laxative Fruit Syrup Is a new
remedy, an Improvement on the laxatives
of former years, aa It does not gripe or
nauseate and Is pleasant to take. . It Is
guaranteed. Tor sale by all druggists.
LIFE IN THE FURTHEST NORTH
Impressions that Wero Gained
la
. Year Spent Among; the
Esqalaaaax.
Knud Rasmussen, whose mother was an
Esquimau woman of Danish Greenland,
whose father was a Dane and who has
lived most of his 27 years In his native
land, has written a book on his life or a
year In the hut of the Smith Bound natives,
the most northern people of the world.
The book has been translated from Danish
Into Ocrman and la attracting much atten
tion because It has great literary merit,
unique.
He had rare advantages for writing such
narrative, because he Is an educated
man, trained as an ethnologist and partly
of the same blood as the tribe that opened
their doors and hearts to him. He went
among them as a brother, they awakened
his sympathy and affection, and their Idiom
differs so little from his own-that he waa
one of them from the day they first saw
him.
They told him everything, and when
he left them for Denmark he wrote the
first, book that has ever been devoted
wholly to .these natives.!-, The German
edition Is entitled "Neue Menscheo" and It
has been published in Bern, Switzerland.
The purpose here Is simply to give a
few Incidents of Rasmussen'e life among
these people and some of his Impressions
of them. He waa their comrade In the
merrymakings with which they brighten
the sunless winter, and he joined them in
tha hunts for bear, walrus, reindeer and
seals, and In the spring killing of the birds
which they pack fcway for winter use.
Wanted Ulna ta Wed. '
They liked him and wished him to live
with them always. They would be happy
If only ha 'would marry one of the native
girls and settle down. 80 one winter
evening when the hut was crowded with
people old Sorkrak arose Impressively
and made a little speech;-
Are not our maidens good enough for
you?" he said. "See, there are Isigaitsork
and Amlmlk. Itlgattsork baa the longer
hair If that will please you and she haa a
brand new fox skin.
Now, we must tell you that it does not
do for a young, unmarried man to be
traveling around our country. Tou will
ruin our good opinion of you and make
yourself a laughing stock. There Is only
one young bachelor among us and he, la a
babbling; idiot." (This la a fact. He haa
been mentioned by explorers.)
Among all thing a man should possess.
the chief is a wife. The first thing he gets
Is a woman and next coma his dogs and
then a canoe and last, and most difficult
to" get, Is a gun.-
"Tou have all these things except a wife.
Who will keep your things In order and
your hut warm and go along to help you
when you travel T The Wife always goes
with her man on his poumeys If possible
and If not, he borrows somebody else's
wife."
V jrak i v w
Bear Jl I rf,
Rasmussen does not inform us what re
sponse he made to this appeal. Old Sork
rark Is known as the greatest bear hunter
among his people, but he did not shine
on this occasion aa a matrimonial agent.
The people said he must tell Rasmussen
the story of some of hla big hunting ex
ploits, but he long refused.
"When I go out with my dags after a
bear," he said. "It Is not lung before 'hla
meat ta In the cooking pot. That Is all I
have to say."
One day, however, he yielded to persua
llon and Rasmussen heard the first and
last story he would tell.
"It was on a winter night and very cold,"
he said, 'ani I knew bears would be watch
ing around the holes In the ice where the
seals come up to breathe. I went out with
my dogs and soon I dimly saw a bear
through the twilight.
"I gave chase and my dogs were over
hauling him when 'he disappeared within
a cave in the Ice. When I came up I sent
the leader of my dog team Into the cave,
(ore-bear In this way may be often driven
out from his retreat without injury to tha
dog. But In a moment I heard a cry and
my dog staggered out and died at my feet.
"I said to myself that I was going to
get that bear. I oould not use my spear In
the small cave, and so I put my knife be
tween my teeth and went In on my hands
and knees. It wss very dark and I could
see nothing, but I could hear the breath
Ing of the bear. I hugged the ground and
made no noise is I crept forward, Inch by
Inch.
"At last I felt the animal' warm breath
in my face. My blade was long and I drew
back and made a mighty lunge. At the
same time a terrible blow felt on my body
and I lost my senses.
"I do not know how long I lay there In
the cave, but when I came to myself my
first thought was of my dead dog. Then
I felt around, thinking I had. killed the
'bear, but he waa not la tne cave..
"I was very soie, but managed to crawl
outside, and a 'few rods amsy I saw my
bear sitting on the Ice and heard his
moans and knew he was rn trouble. I
grasped my speat and crept" toward him
and came, near enough to see that his
breast was covered with blood and that
I had driven my knife straight through
hla anout and H was still In tha wound.
"My right arm was not hurt, and I got
up on my feet and drove my spear through
his heart."
Hospitality la. Smith Boaad.
It Is the custom In Danish West Green
land, where Rasmussen was born, for the
young native, women to gather around a
newcomer and help him off with his over
clothing. He forgot that the Smith Bound
natives might not be acquainted with this
act of courtesy and hospitality, and when
he first reached them on his sledge he held
out hla feet to A young- woman expecting
that she wouid pull off his boots. She
dropped her eyes and blushed, but made no
move to perform the expected service.
"What is your namef he asked the girl.
"The people here will tell you my name."
she answered and her gaxa wandered off
over the Ice while all the men and women
laughed.
A woman cams, to the girl and told her
to do what the stranger asked her and then
she pulled off his boots. He ssys he was
Impressed with her modesty. The woman
said to him:
"That is my daughter. Don't you think
one Is v beautiful?"
Hasmussen says that these Tolar Esqui
maux are always waging so hard a fight
with nature that they think very little of
anything except the practical aide of life.
They do not count the days nor reckon
time.
But the boys from the time they ran talk
play at hunting and the ambition of their
lives la to become good hunters. All the
thought of the men Is the hunt, the collec
tion of meat. Their mental hoflxon does
not embrace much beyond their mission as
food providers.
"What are you thinking o'f ?" he asked an
Esquimaux who seemed to be burled In
thought.
The man laughed at the Idea.
"It Is only white men," he said, "who
trouble themselves much with thinking.
Wo think only about our food supply and
whether It will last through the winter. If
we have meat enough, then thinking Is un
necessary." One day Rasmussen said to an unusually
Intelligent native who had been out on the
sea Ire with Peary: "What did you think
was the purpose of all your hard work out
on the Ice floe? What did you think when
all the land faded from view and you saw
nothing around you excepting the grinding
sea Ice?"
"Think?" replied the man. "I didn't need
to think. It was the part of Peary to do
the thinking." ,
Rasmussen tella the story of the Immigra
tion of a number of the mora western
Esquimaux, about hair a century ago to the
Greenland coast, where eome of them spent
the rest of their lives with the new-found
friends. They brought blessings also to
the Smith sound natives, for they taught
them to make snow huts with a long cov
ered approach and an entrance from be
low, making them warmer; also to shoot
with tha bow and arrow, to spear fish and
to make kajaka or canoes, so that their
hunting was no longer. confined to the land
or the edge of the Ice. He got the story
from the last survivor of the immigrants.
But the time came, one spring morning,
when the young .man, with his dogs and
sledge, waa to start south on his Journey
of hundreds of miles to his old home. An
old woman In whose hut he had eaten often
dirring the dark winter came to him.
"You are going home. Are you glad to
leave ua?"
"Oh, no; but I think I had better have a
change."
"Now listen to tlie last words to yeu of
an old woman. Tou are like the king duck.
When the bright spring warm the land he
comes to us as you did. He comes from a
land that Is far away; a land we do not
know. Tou came to ua like the king duck
In the aprlng awd now you are going back
to your land and your family. Hark! Tpjjr
dogs are howling. Do not wait any longer,
for J know you are eager to be off."
EMPLOYES MEET OFFICERS
(Continued from First Page.)
trouble on his mind, and the men had re
solved to "run tbe company's business as
you would your own and look out for Its
Interests In the, same way," General Man
ager Trenholm said:
'My office bay Is my boss If he can tell
me how to do my work or any part of It
better than I am doing it. We want to hear
from you men when you have a complaint.
I was formerly one In the ranks, and don't
see any reason why you men should not
coma to ma now. You used to tell me your
troubles when I was one among you, and
we used to cuss the officials together. In
stead of cussing me as we did then, come
and tell ma your troubles."
Tha general arrangement for tha meeting
of the Omaha employee was In the hands
of C. D. Hopkins, secretary and treasurer
of the Order of Railway Conductors, and
a committee of the trainmen of the Ne
braska division. Between the speeches a
quartet of employes of the road presented
songs.
Among the of leers who were present
were: A. W. Trenholm, general manager;
S. C. Strickland, general superintendent;
IL C. Hope, superintendent of telegraph;
T. Vf. Kennedy, superintendent of the Wis
consin division; L. P. Blaker, superintendent
of tha Iowa and Minnesota division; F. E,
Nash, assistant superintendent of the Wis
consin division; J. J. O'Neill, assistant
superintendent of the Iowa and Minnesota
division; F. E. Nichols, superintendent of
the Nebraska division; F. 8. McCabe and
George McCrae, assistant general passenger
agents; Solon Parrll, attorney, of Superior,
Wis., and Joseph Straw horn, general man
ager of the Terminal Railroad company of
Bt. Paul.
TO CI RE A COLD lis u.HE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets.
Druggists refund money If It falls to cure,
E. W. Grove's signature Is on each bog. 25c.
Glvea trp mm Ola.
B. Spiegel, 1104 North Virginia afreet.
Evansvllle, Ind.. writes: "For aver five
years I was troubled with kidney and blad
der affections which caused ma much rua
ai.d worry. llost flesh and was all run
down, and a year age bad to abandon
woik entirely. 1 bad three of the te.t
phyalctai.s who did tne no good and I waa
practically given up to die. Foly a Kidney
Cure waa recommended and the first bottle
gave ma greai relief, And aiter taking; the
second bottle I was entirely cared." Why
sot let it help you? For sale by alt drug
lata. v
Pride of Birthplace.
Is the ancient pride of race gradually
fading away before the leveling liifluain.es
of modern cosmopolitan Ufa? Are men
at 111 proud ef having ben born In Beaton
or Paris or Keokuk or Dublin? There is
sn olQ story of a Genoese gentleman who
met a frlorantlne gvnllaman. ''If I were
not a uenueaa, said in rormer, politely.
"I should wish to be a Florentine." To
which the latter, witli equal suavity, re
plied: "And if I were not a Florentine, I
ahould wish ta bea Florentine!" Before
a mixed audience, which applauded the
statement, lr. Lyman Abbott aald the
other day: "If I were not a Christian 1
should want to be a Jew." tie might have
aoaeq mat 11 matters far leas what a
man's race or nationality is than what his
character la. The Irishman waa both
witty and philosophic when he reolied te
the question what be would like to be if
he were not an irishman: "Biue. if I were
not Irish. I'd be well. I'd b ashamed of
lustil. liosloa lie, aid.
TWO DOCTORS ON HERO ROLL
Amy Surgeon! ,Wko Gave Lirei for
Science Are to Be Honored.
PENSIONS ASKED FOB WIDOWS
reagresamaa lllasbaw latrodaeea BUI
t Reqaeat of AmerU-ea Medical
Aeeorlatloa Which ' Aroasea
Pablle Interest.
' (From a Staff Correspondent.)
WASHINGTON, March 22.-Speclal.)
Through the efforts of Congressman Hln
shaw. Senator Knox and Senator Dick, the
two army surgeons who virtually gave their
lives In establishing the mosquito theory
of the spread of yellow fever are to be
placed on the rolls of American heroes. If
present plans eV not miscarry. Endorsed by
tha president. Surgeon General Rellly and
by nfcdlcal men generally, pension bills
providing for 1136 monthly for tha widows
of Jesse V. La ear and James Carroll are
now before congress. Congressman Hln
shaw was asked by tha American Medical
association to take up the matter, and he
prepared and Introduced bills In the house
covering the two esses. As the two widows
lived In Ohio and Pennsylvania, respec
tively, he enlisted the aid of Senators Dick
and Knox, and they Introduced Identical
bills In the senate. -
Laiear died fn the fever camp outside
Havana, September 25. 1900 after havln
submitted to the bite of a disease-Infected
mosquito. Carroll, who had submitted to
similar test shortly before, survived after
severe Illness, but the result, nt tlm
fever led to bis death front heart Illness
September 1, 1M7. The records of the
army and medical records of the country
ive unstinted praise and unqualified credit
1 these two men for their aacrlrlcA In the
Interest of humanity, and the nresMenr ha.
Joined in' the deelre'that congress shall
ve them suitable recognition br orovldlna-
for their wives and families. The New
York Mercantile association has taken an
interest In the matter and recently sent Its
secretary to M'ashlncton to work foe th.
bills.
Major Walter Reed. Under Whose ,1!reMlrM
the yellow fever experiment were Insti
tuted In Cuba shortly after the cloae of
the 8pan1sh war. died In 1902, and the med
ical interests of the country raised a fund
of $25,000 as a testimonial to his services.
Congress also passed a special art giving
to his widow a pension of (12S per month,
to which is added the Interest from the
Mieea rund. "
The men who conducted the .,-. 1 .t.
of experiment, however .. ..
themselves as the first volunteers for in
oculation throug-h the medium of the bite
of suspected mosaultnea. b.v. 1..-
particular recognition. Dr. Carroll served
vominuousiy up to the time of his death,
and had been advanced to th. . '
Jor, and his widow now draws a pension of
. it monrn, witn an additional pension
of 12 for each of the six minor children left
uepennent upon her.
Much Interest In thm WAflr fee.. 1
taken by Dr. A. 8. von MansfcJde of Ash
land. Neb., secretary f th. a ...
leal association. It 1 largely through hi
lnl o much Interest in the (wo
cases has been aroused.
Wkst's (ha rse
The Washington HeraM t.n. ,w. ...
, . - IUUOW-
Ing story of tha Hm. .
braska senlo.' senator: Senator Burkett
of Nebraska., who Malls from Mr. Bryan's
U( Lincoln, and who dees not look
unlike the man who has twice been the
nominee 01 tne democratic party for presi
dent, although he la
cally, ha a little daughter who Is deeply
, pontics, and is accordingly
quite an intense partisan. Not long lce.
her father took the young l.dy vp to the
senate gallery to give her a chance to listen
to the debate.
Senator Tillman hail th. t .
holding forth In his usual picturesque and
'Is h talklna- fee n. . '...' . ..
- mquirea tne
Nebraska senator's little aHri
t ...... . . -
n V 7. , : B5r Senator!
Burkett with . . M
ocrat " m"
Jifth' I ""f"8"'1." ! the ifttl. ml..,'
with a definite shake r h. h..i .. it '
added: 'Let's go home; what', th use of
taring here?" ul
h Congre..man Boyd haa been advised that
id ng In the Third Nebraska district, as
-ugustu. Bmlth, Genoa; Hiram H.
Hoagland. Plainvlew rvi .. . ,
' K.UUCU Aa-
kin. Magnet; Ole Larson, Oakland; George
7k. 7 ' en"n'- William A, Hosford.
Albion. JIB each. Chri.fonh- kv.
....... AilUIUp-
on, Craig; Lewi Ooodsell, Homer; John A.
I1,"" Jackson Hyatt, Randolph:
Alonao M. Swim. Br va
Pentlcoff. St. James; Isaac M. Brujnhall,
n; Albert H. Carter, Wlnalde;
Charles Head, Hooper, fis each.
Congressman Hlnshaw has been advised
of the following allowances: William Mc
KUIlp. Hebron; Joseph M. Walker, Ohiowe
Christopher Tlmm.
Alley, Seward. U each. James C. Jackson'
rjuroury; William Pollman, David City
Edwin R. Rosecrana. Asht.n. Willi- a t
Taylor, McCool Junction; John R. Craig.
'' Jsmes Barrett. Hebron
Thoma Copeland, Dlller; Jame H. Shearer.
..euro... u.iver r. Hager. York: P.rrv
Emery, Beatrice; Henry E. Olney. Grover'
George W. Dake, Mllford, 30 each.
Th following residents of Judge Moses
Klnkald's district have been allowed pen
stons; John T. Hollenbeck, North Platte
Jamea Richer, Kilgore; Joshua Peckham'
Gothenburg; Abljah Lane. Arcadia; Jacob
Bernhard. Shelton; Sylvester T. Bryan,
North Platte; Abraham F. Ri.,
bird; Auatln Cravath. Joss. 120 each.' George
Lawrence, Knimett; Reuben R. Kreb,
Scotia; Alonso McMlchael. North Platte;
Benjamin J. Verity, Burwell; Melville B. c!
j rue, n.ortn ixupe; John W. Dean, Spald
ing; Daniel O. Matttnaer. CnxnA- Tt,nm.. t
Hlmmelrlght, Mason City; Charles W. Red
fern, Oconto; Frsnk S. Marsh. Lexington.
Il each. David A. Huston. Ewlng; Abner
Ine, Newport; Charles p. Casperson. Bay.
rn. -.in private did ot th fol
lowing have also been allowed: William
Little, Callaway, private bill In the sum of
124 per month; Elston Armstrong, Big
Springs, In the sura of KM tier month ii.a
of the allowance of the accrued and original
claim of Eunice A- Handy, widow of Curtis
a Handy, Curtis; of the accrued claim of
Nancy, widow of Exra Fread. Litchfield,
and of the accrued claim of Luctnda Jane,
widow of Jame Evans, Gibbon. Also of
th allowance of the original claim for pen
sion of George H. Boomer, Swan, war with
Spain, at the rate of M per month from
December 10, 1900.
A severe cold thai, may develop lata
pneumonia over night, can be cured qul;kly
by taking Holey' Honey and Tar. It will
cure the most obstinate racking cough and
strengthen your lungs. The genuine la In
a yellow package. For sal by all drug
(lata eiai-FlaaU la Ueaata.
FT. DODGE. la.. MARCH C-8peclaJ
The semi-final between the debating teams
of the Missouri , Valley and Fort Dodge
High schools, for the championship of Iowa
In the Iowa High School Debating league,
will be debated here Friday. March 29. The
Judges will be: Judge Sherwln ot the su
preme court. Prof. Colgrove of th State
Normel and Prof. Seashore of the State
university. The winner will debate the win
ner of the Burlington-Cedar Falls debate at
iowa City, for th championship or the
state. Large delegations from Eagle Grove
and Cherokee are planning to attend.
MILLIONS. IN SWAMP 1 LANDS
Those la Leelslaaa Alone Caald Sop
port All Holland aad
Then Seat.
Louisiana today embraces within II
boundaries an area which ta In Its present
condition aa use leas to It people a a cor
reepoadlng are on the high seas.
Yet, -thi now worthies area, something
over 7,900.009 acres. Is th greatest fSxly of
fertility In the world except probably In
tha A mason flood plain. v
The cultivated portion of tha alluvial
district south ot Red river t today sup
porting the densest agricultural population
m th United State a population S30 to the
qua. mil of cultivated, land, omitting
entirely th urban population of New Or
leans. Baaed upon what th alluvial land are
now doing, the -undralned land of Louisi
analand today wholly unoccupied are
capable of supporting, not counting the
cities which would eaist there, over 3,100,
000, a population exceeding any one of
forty state of the American union.
Cultivated a the ugar district of IjOuIbI
ana now is the annual wealth production
would approach the present value of tho
cotton crop of th United States and exceed
by minion th value of our entire wheat
crop. '
Holland, on the alluvial area (2,756,000
acres) - considerably less than one-half of
Louisiana's undralned area, and with a
fertility not up to the Iou1tna standard,
upporta about t.000,000 people, and up
to the highest standard of FHirope. Hol
land Is almost a synonym for wealth.
Egypt, with a cultivated alluvial district
(5,810,000 acres) considerably less than the
one onder , discussion, supports 10,000.000
people, not up to the European or Ameri
can standard, but since the population sup
ported to the square mile Is about the same
as In Holland, the lower standard of living
Is doubt leas due to the character of the
people.
On 1.500.000 acres of land Egypt produces
fully one-seventh as much cotton as does
the whole United States, that Is to say,
one acre of cotton In Egypt Is worth ap
proximately four acres In this country,
and we are bi-ylng a continually Increasing
proportion of Egyptian cotton every year.
Egyptian Is a more valuable cotton than
our standard cotton, but It Is worth less
than our Sea Island cotton. It happens
that Sea Island cotton grows to perfection
on the sea coast lands of Louisiana, and
we have here enough first-class Sea Island
cotton lands, when once drained, to dupli
cate In pound and to exceed In value all
of the long staple cotton produced In the
world, Egyptian lucluded.
Beyond question the drainage of the re
maining marshes and swamps In the United
State 1 th moat Important natural devel
opment awaiting ua, and I sure to b don
by th present generation. Score of drain
age project are now actively under way.
and thousand of acrea have already bean
brought under cultivation with most satis
factory results.
The production of these new lands far
exceeds that of the older cultivated lands
of this famously productive delta, and -except
where reclaimed by companies for th
purpose of sale they are rarely offered at
any price. Here the drainage movement
I getting momentum, and It will not stop
until south Louisiana has become the rich
est agricultural community of its iaa In
the world. Southern Farm Magasln.
HOMESEEKERS ON THE WOVE
Comparatively Cheap Land af tho
oath aad West Attract
Hosaeaaa Iters.
The two months af lessened activities In
th cities and manufacturing districts of
th country ra producing the natural re
sult of Increasing- th homeseeker among
"the comparatively cheap land of the south
and the west. From Florida comes in
formation of an advance guard of new
comer te the fata ready to buy vegetable
and fruit lands. From Louisiana and
Texas, from Arizona and New Mexico are
( report of great increase In number of
railway paaeerorer who ar arriving-, and
seeking to buy land for actual settlement
and cultivation.
So strongly felt Is this movement from
the eastern part ef the country, and it la
so apparent that it will continue Into sum
'mer. that th northern railway Hoe
through Nebraska and th Dakota are
making- preparation for aa early spring
ruah of homeseeker along th line they
control to tho Pacific. Thla la an excel
lent reault of dull time In th cities. It Is
good for tb people who thu become pro
ducer and Independent Instead of waiting
without work, until their avlngs hav been
exhausted In the cities, and they thus re
duced to poverty and distress.
It I beneficial to the state which enroll
a new clMzsn such active, energetic per
sons, quick to perceive and speedy to act
In the right direction. A few thoussnd of
such stimulate a stato Into prosperous con
dition if these conditions do not already
prevaU. Th departure of a surplus- fore
from th cities aid materially the persons
who remain therein, while that surplus In
It new spheres of action la apt to achleva
greater reault than If It had been em
ployed In a aormal way at the old home.
Th knowledge tht th agriculturists
hav prospered amaslngly In ths last de
cade encourages the new recruits and gives
them confidence ot future profit In their
enterprises. They enter a field of Indus
try that with our present system of trans
portation ha th world for th marketing
of Ha products, and they become allied
with Interests which still control th states
of the south and the west, and bid fair
to be fully recognised by the congress of
the United States. The influence of this
pronounced movement of population to
ward new homes in the south and west will
tell for generations upon the business of
the country, end It should receive encour
agement In. every way. If the thousands
who left our shores, for those of Europe
during October, November and December,
taking with them millions of Uncle Sam's
dollars, had become homeseekers and set
tlers In the south and west the country
would have been much better off In every
way, and those Individual would' be bene
fited 4 well a the country.
As It Is, rnany thousands of them wlH
return In the spring, leaving In Europe th
money they earned her. They will return
for a fresh supply of coin, and they will
no doubt get M, a th United State has
yet work to do that will keep busy all Its
millions of people many decades to ac.
conipllah. New York Letter In Philadel
phia Press.
Thl ta Wra Bteaaeaahartac. '
Whenever you have a cough or cold. Just
remember that Foley's Honey and Tar will
car K. pa mot risk your health by taking
any but tha genuine. It la In a yellow
package. For sale by all druggist.
" i ' 1 '
By using th vaiioua department ef Tli
Be Want Ad Page you get quick return
t ' small expense.
ADDRESS OF LABOR LEADERS
Organizations Urged to Aid in Fassing
Certain Legislation.
PRESSURE TO BEAR ON CONGRESS
laloa Mea Asked to Qaeatlea
Candidate Rrtardlsg Their
y Poeltloa aa Labor
Isaac.
WASHINGTON, March ::.-"Whlla the
supreme court or other Institution may be
able to -temporarily retard and seriously
embarrass the growth and action of our
movement, we boldly assert that no power
on earth can destroy, successfully outlaw
or disrupt the trade union movement."
These words form the key to an addresi
Issued tonight to organised labor and farm
er' association by th labor worker who
hav been In session In this city for the
last four days. Th meeting has been
called by President Gompcra of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor. The address
sUtes that a large part of the discussion
of the conference was devoted to the con
sideration of the supreme court's action In
applying tbe Sherman anti-trust law to
labor.
"The proceedings," the address says,
"were marked by the utmost harmony.
There waa, indeed, the Intensity of feol
Ing which so grave a situation miirt evoke.
Ther was also an unbounded enthusiasm,
a grim earnestness of purpose and a firm
determination that work Initiated by this
conference' should not cease until tho
wrongs from which the workers suffer
shall be righted, and their liberty, which
has been Imperiled, shall be restored and
forever safeguarded."
Freeware aa Lanmiirri.
The further statement Is made, that It
wa the unanimous feeling of the confer
ence that some steps should be taken to
Impress upon congress the necessity for
prompt action toward amending the Sher
man anti-trust law so that it shall be inap
plicable to "organisations or associations
not for profit and without capital tock.
not to members of such organisation or as
sociations, nor to any arrangementa, agree
ments or combinations among persons en
gaged In agriculture or horticulture made
with a view of enhancln gthe price of their
own agricultural or horticultural product."
Th conference pledged itself to use its
influence toward securing- the. enactment
of a bill to regulate and limit the Issuance
of an Injunction and also of an employers'
liability bill. The address, continuing, says
that it is the belief that congress appreci
ates the gravity of the aituatlon, and it is
declared that "labor is In no mood to be
trifled with." Every legitimate pressure,
it is stated, must be brought to bear upon
congress "in the effort to secure the pas
sage of our amendment to the Sherman
law."
It Is declared that a resolution, or reso
lutions, should be adopted urging congress
to amend the Sherman law and Warning
congress that it will be held responsible
for failure to enaet euch legislation, and It
I stated "upon tbe record of this congress
will be baaed the worker' decision a to a
candidate' future desirability as a member
of congress." -
' Will Oaeetloat Candidate.
After stating it to be the duty of labor
ing men to question candidate for con
areas as to their attitude toward labor leg
islation the address called upon the labor
workers ''to stand faithfully together to
oppose and defeat our' oemle,' whether
they be candidates for president, for con
gress or other offices, whether legislative,
executive or Judicial:"
Continuing ths address says: "W call
Upon all labor to use every possible legiti
mate effort to sccur for the worker their
Inalienable liberties and their proper recog
nition as a vital portion of th fabric of
out civilisation."
fn conclusion the address says: "Hold
mass meetings In every city and town of
the United States on the evening of ha
third Sunday or Monday in April, 19th fr
20th, and at that meeting voice fully and
unmistakeably labor' protest against the
supreme court decision which strip labor
of th rights and -liberties which w had
supposed were guaranteed by th consti
tution." ,
A foot note to the address' state that
"Thla address Is signed by the same name
as wore sppended to 'Labor' protest to
congress.' "
m AMERICAN SPEED
- fHARiPiONSniP
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