Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 23, 1900, Page 5

UED 1N IS OWS OFFICE] oo v f A hith to be seen for the Anditar of War Dapartmant, |rank LBVELANT i The home of | Herrie Bhot to Death Lar "o ho was shot and killed | Senate Committes on Indian Affairs Will ANUEL WDONALD'S BLOODY REVENGE | hire me & prominent snd teading tovon: | TaE g pelti(og Al gl | TREATY OF CESSION COMES UP SOON Soedess — Vit of the Navy department and e P . Whinh N ransferted (o a aimilar | Oue Congressmen Contend the Title ia g Al dlid : HeWar department. Mro | im the Government endy and NTom His THY an about 60 T of age ) Will Oppose the Approval of Viren nun Morels Hacke | the Convention, T character of the struggle | J— ' ' ) " Mo | ! tie and Machonald s disclosed ’ ‘ booarts | the atorles of the officials of the au-| WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—(Special Tele . . 4 ! : ' avor Wi were near the scene of | BFAM)—An interesting contest is expec ' \ L The auditor sat at his desk |When (he treaty for the purchase of th b " Tiv's mall when Machonald | Pipestone Indian reservation fn Minnesota ' e ored and asked for & few minutes of | /¢ tAken up by the senate Indlan committee p | ptivate conversation with him. Clerks in |0fter the holiday recess. The treaty was 1 Ining ofice henrd foud talking ang | e0tered into between the government and M nald W pmarently threatening, | e Yankton Sioux of South Dakota about hon they heard Mortls tnrn In his chalr |® Yeor ago, and the consideration involved " | #d the dootway. Morris |18 $100,000. C w0 Gamble of South . . 4 bineked into the MncDonald following | Dakota is urg Wfication, while it is p W taw foet nway. The firsc shot had boen | 9PPOsed by Congre n McCleary of Min Mo s 3 fired fust as Morels backed fn. 1t missed | P€50th, Who contcnds that the title to the | ' | woyer, | the mark and jmbedded in the doorway, | 14nd 18 vested in the United St e » ) ' atny | The clery Fifled, stepped forward to |0Amble contends (hat the Rioux have a " with n | Intervene, Bt they did so MacDonald | cloar title ich W ccognized in the . S sied | TWNONOd forwatd «nd grabbed Storss by | DUEOLIntions for the purchiasy of the roser [ e } @A 1, 1 | the cont collar and dragged him back fnto | ¥ALI0R. The treaty is fo be taken up by » he uditor's ofice. Now the men were |t committes when cong convenes in he Intter part of the | DFOASE to breast. There was not time for | J*#UATY: . " ated (hat | the clerke to rush in and no one saw what | Another lowa Bank, " ‘ Wl of hot ran | followed immediately thereafter, but two| Authority has been granted for the or- | " Moo which hie had Just | Shot8 were heard in rapid succession. It |&apization of the First National bank of | \ n the t e maw the | 14 ovident that Morrls sought to grasp the | Burt, Ta., with a capital of $25,000. C. I " " Woother's e weapon from his assallant and that his [Emith, Joseph W. Wadsworth, Willlam K ' | . pevolver clome to | Band was over the b when t W. T. Bowne m Peck aud M Metionatd, af Nring | *hot was fired, for his hand wi George . Call are named as incorporators. U Woof the room, | the ball then imbedding itself in the wall, | he National Bank of Commerce of Kan ' ' on him ot v | MacDonald then put the revolver close to [¥as City was today approved as reserve o | o of the firing fhad | the auditor's heart and fired for the third | 8&ent for the First National bank of Au- " v, and then tarned and | time. This time the bullet went to its | burn, Neb [} r 1 Beltved to hinve been | mark and Morris fell lifeless. The clerks | Appointments Given Ount. tatal o Hmpl who kiew Moo | looked in and snw MacDonald standing over | J. L. Hopper has becn appointed post wrlovan sgalnat | Wis victim. As they looked they saw him |master at Butler, Buffalo county, Neb., vice 1 win rewy | turn the weanon agatnst himself and fire |A Davis, dead; also A. W. Kellogg at tdueed, Others who Then he walked to the hall. MacDonald | Bradgate, Humboldt county, Ta; W. W attethute his | threateped the life of anyone who dared to | oman at Homer, Hamilton county, Hnensed brain fro U TITLE TO PIPESTONE OUARRY | Intercept him. 1t was then that he struck |la.; Nicholas Weyland at Meyer, ' | Cusick, who was in the ball and made an | ,la; C. A Buss at Rockham, Faulk OMmeint Ne ) 1'-‘\ufl to stop him. Going to the street he |county, 8. D.; J. . Pickering at Virgll, 1 Mortie was o mitive of Claye. | %8t down on a piie of bags and drew the | Peadle county, 8. D, and A. H. Pease at [0 M e 40 years old and leaven | Pe0KDife from his pocket and slashed his | Wagner, Charles Mix county, & D. A widow and tw ne e entered the | throat. Two police officers were mnearby | Cbarles H. Cartwright of Burlington has P ent eryies nt the beginning of the | And selzed the man. He made no resist- (been appointed rallway mail k. nt fation an muditor for the | ANce and was taken to the hospital Michael J. McGirr and Willlam T. Parker » Sepmetment g the fiest two | The body of Morris was lifeless when his | of Benedict, Neb., and Perry P. Young of We made an exceptionally good rec- | Subordinates reached his side. The bosom |Des Molues have been appolnted copyists in ol e eMctency. heimelng the defayed | 0f his shirt was powdermarked where the | the pension office. . Fate and 1t ting the ofice in a | #hot went in, showing how near the weapon | Mies Ella Fire Thunder of Lower Brule, Fetter ahane than over hofore A year and | W% held when the fatal shot was fired. |S. D., I8 appointed assistant matron at the Y Mor win e auditor for the | The remains were taken to an undertaking | Omaha Indlan school and Miss Bertha 1. W chnnging con with | establishment and Coroner Nevitt will hold | Pursley of Rankin, 11, to a similar posi- THE OMATA DATLY Mitchell | BEE: SUND | Only gift giving are varions. demands, some } | ust 1 J% thing for him or her | Umbrellas are always welcome— We've men's at T, $1.00, $150, $2.00 and up. We've Women's at $1.00, $1.35, $1.65, 2.0 and $2.%. Jewelry There must be some- thing exceptional in our jewelry department. It's one of the busy places in | our store—everything at about half the regular jew- elry prices, | Cuff Buttons, Scart Pins, Studs, | Chains, Fobs, etc. | e Men's Win- [ ter Shoes Men's box calf shoes —heavy weight — double sole, lace, fashion- DECEMBER | Sietrasha Cloths 23, 1900, ' & One Day More to Do Your Christmas Shopping And the presents must be chosen quick. Some are inspired by affection, by sense of duty and a spirit of charity. find someching in the items gi hildren’s Furs Children's fur sets in lambs’ wool, muff and scarf, 95¢. Children's fur sets in lambs' wool, and angoru, with purse—per set $1.45. Misses' fur sets, for girls from 10 to 16 years -imitation Krimmer and stone marten, real Krimmer and muf- floons, at $3.90, $4.90 and $5.50 for muft and scarf. Men's fine Gloves In end- less varie- ty 50c and up. e Christ. mas Furs Real mar- ten scarfa— with cluster Mebraska & en’s Neckwear Galore Thousands of yards of silk has been manufactur- ed into pretty mneckware for this holiday business— hundreds and hundreds of pretty styles and patterns here for you to select from. 15¢, 25¢, 35¢, 45¢. 50¢, 75¢ and $1.00 preny Handkerch’fs 6 in a box— just the thing for him, 50¢ 11 Linen Hand’k'fs, Plain or initial, 25¢ Mgn’s fancy Hosiery Mercerized, in a line of pretty patterns—25c, & “MANY MUST BE ”‘ REMEMBERED’ It's a high kind of art to choose them wisely and well. The motives of some by friendship, some by social obligations, some by business The main point is to give something serviceable. Can you not iven below that will suit you? en's Christmas Slippers. There's lots of comfort in a pair of slippers. You can slip them out after supper—and your husband can slip them on—"twill keep him from slipping out in the evening. They don't cost much—48¢, SO¢, 65¢, 75¢, H0¢ and up. EERREREE l adies’ Slippers Women's felt Nullifiora—fur trimmed, $1.00 Women's fancy trimmed slip- pers, $1.00 and $1.25 We've s pretty lino for you to choose from at about one-hall the usual price of holiday slippers. e adies’ Neckwear Every ar- ticle in this departm’ nt has been reduced to one-half and less — nothing 1 be carried over. The lino is complote in Fior Wran T i es pinee he main. | @0 inauest on Monday, the funeral follow- | tion at Genoa (Neb.) Indlan school. Rob S, ! M record an an Wiive officer | \0E that afternoon or Tuesday. ert 8. Moore of Atlantic, Ia., I appointed able shape. Na- of tails— 35¢ and 45¢ Ty respect. won b the work, which was much | — teacker at Fort Mojave Indian school in tures own last. e d :l;n!“;’”u"ng Yehind to dute e wan well regarded | MAKES PLAIN sT‘TEME Arizona. el . 3 X ’ retty pres=- tr Mcern, it was not. popu NT Melklejohn Starta for Lincoln. Goodyear welt A oy’s Neckwear gt ' of the subordinates 10 his [ georetary Root Tells Senntors that th George 1. Meiklejohn and . C. Lind- PR = 2 Main FI - o 5 e i 3 s Main Floor. "l npiained that he was un Pailipy say left for Nebraska this afternoon. It is sewed—low broad Bows, batwings, four- —— v arily » hoin his treatment o hemn v 'f i i i R i e e 00 Men. ""j'ld:";‘:;d';‘r'“v"k;;lfl(:';;;ul Ll R beeis. Warranted. Resl mink scarfs, with cluster ot in-hands, imperials, etc— 3 A do, 1t al ald that In order 10| WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—At the Ilast|Fect to Lincoln to begin his canvdss for the A O e Susliites that & b rithaced llarettes, with 15¢ and 25¢ S‘.‘_s,suspe“defi Neep (hn work up (o date he would requite | meeting of the senate committes on mili- | senate. Woiirer hus u_ right to expect in the Good sheared Cony collarettes, W oy’s Mufflers 15¢. 25¢, 35¢, 85c, BO: them to work time, and ® VAt | tary affalrs, the proceedings of which were | Speaker Henderson will leave for New | m\‘n:'r‘"?hffx":’fi‘.ml‘em{x’}' CLLE tabs and tails, $3.90. y's 65¢, T8c and $1,00. .Hlmlh‘:'x.w. \5: o the [ ’m. nl ,;. atie "‘ The ‘::. ‘\:m\' | made public today, Secretary Root made a | York on Monday to spend the holila universally liked. Our price—and guar- Real marten derby collarettes, with in a full line of pratty ver buckle, the prettiest gift of all, WM aln. howeser, do not agree with theso | wtrong presentation of the necessity for Carnegle Sheds n Librar, untee, $2.80. large cluster of tails, sold elsewhere ni hat the auditor re ity We've a vic 3 \ 3 g 4 x i K” I"y"_ " re. | immediate I-'ntnls’fl\lon :‘Ir n;'p lmfm of the | Andrew Carnegle of Pittsburg, donor of At T e for $20.00, at $9.76. colors and patterns, 45¢ $1.25 and $1.50 " L da ork | army. Ho stated broadly that if congress |libraries, stepped out of the Shoreham hotel |l that ia 100ked for in any shoe-medium ; ’ 3 1 1o mere ¢ ¢ & 5 ! Beaver collarettes, made of choice oy’s § did not at once increase the army in sub- | Friday and started for Senator Hanna's RN YR rats aweltal KA e dud i ith tails, worth $20.00, at oy irts en’s Polar Mufflers salid's Mecord at Washington, | stantial accordance with the recommenda- | residence, jus g il i skins, Wi ke Lhiiaid . —— v e residence, just around the corner on La — i made up just like pa- W tnald o n brother of Willam 11 | tlons of the War department the United |fayette avenue. Two gentlemen who were | $16.75. P J ¥ _silk emb'd,extru fine Gt e other af William M| Siates would be obliged to abandon a 1arge | waiting for him at the hotel approached omen’s Shoes pa’s, complete in every de. for Xmas, worth 82,30, for $1.75 Beutonlane, Who (s sald t5 Heve ,,,..‘v‘m" of th l’n:lll-rlni-ml‘sl:n;l- 'whv;e and asked for five minutes’ talk with him. —_— — tail—35¢ and 45¢ 's P ted him for (he operatic stage. He |Cl¥!] overament is established. It the| ‘Al right," responded Mr, Carnegle, “but | 2 ) en’s rince of durated Mim or the operatic stame. WMo | 1 ETRRCLD ) QL et ione vt mer 1o behind | We are rendering ur Ladies’ Muft okt Mook en e i ettt 401 | tain portions of the islands the municipal | time.” | the shoe buying people of P e oot Wales Mufflers beon ovetiment sereion ainee soqn | 0Mcers, mostly Filipinos, will be left de-| So they went along together and as they Omaha the best shoe sav- Department For Men and Women—25¢ - frer the elvil w TR1800) o' i fex | [SEARIIN: Yih avely BEORpecs of being de- | walked the two gentlemen laid before Mr. |l ¢ T z 7 : 450, 6ie, Toe, 81.00 and up t0 82.90— The very swell set—exira 1 from his poslilon s oblet o divlelon | PfiYed of thelr Hiras aad property, and at| Carnsgle the necessity for a publle ibrary ||ff A€ service that you have Most complete of any in some with Storling silver ~trim- large and plaited. ....... $1.25 fe oMce of th [ e chlef of ViS00 | (e same time the United States will be | at Fort Dodge, They sald Fort Dodge as vet met with T N iAlniess dbo) 850,76, 81 IKLOMA | e raced, the secretary sald, for havin 8 yet met with. mings. atelaines, 40c, 6c, 75, ol erise it gy grac ¥ i aving [ neaded a library the worst kind, and the A S B bl Omaha. and up to 3,90 's Silk Hd’k” Mee of the auditor for the War depart. | Proved faithless to its solemn obligations. |way things were going it ssemed that the of woman's. shoe that we haven't in e Aoy Flairio Saaty, Real ies’ Gilt Bel en’s Si K’fs s o Jor Ao pwar depart | Tho wecretary argued that 1t was necessary | ouly chance of getting one was for some o W less price for same eared Cony, g adies’ Gilt Belts s e " addition to his other | 1O PASS tho department bill as a whole #n | great and good philanthropist to give them | luulll(v than can be found In any other Martens, Beavers, Otters and Per- — — - Japanese initial hand- YR ThGTD (K000 & voks | order to properly adjust the military or-|one. They talked their case for @ square |l of wom Omaha, We make i speclaity an Lambs, $1.00 to $15.00. 50¢, 75¢ and $1.00 kerchiefs—full line initials.. 10€ oA o e abation 1ot uew conditions created | und a b, between (he Shore o A S | e ——————————————— S — S ——— ' and upon being required by the increase of numbers . ator Hanna's house, and when the party make an explanation he claimed that | “' do not any 'I" ”;‘ he :fl‘;‘- "'xl"‘"l"nm»hwl the senator's door the library was | = — ~ : ~ 2 —— v g S oA WL hat for any conciderable perlod an army |won t s Joeasion he had foreotten to clowe | o¢ 400,000 men will be maintained and for urely,” sald Mr. Carnegle, “Fort Dodge | f47e for the round trip will be charged, | ships and advertising for smatler batle- PROFITS MUST BE LARGE o pfe on leaving his office and that he |y army of 60,000 men the provisions made |shal have a library B et the eity | tho tickets to be good going on March 1,| ships on the general lnes of the Maine | e e s A il ‘I'N“'v""“" el | by the committee) are sufficient.” Qonate site and agree to maintain the |2 8nd 3 and from points within 150 miles| class, Me: nwhile considerable pressure 15 | yrmor Plate Manufacturer Defends GrE a' g . Kasto SF (ANINE (B8 Shoais ‘:":'; with reference to the matter of staff de-||jbrary, and as soon as this Is done draw x‘;r '\\u:hlx ir:\vfln March 4 un«l\gnnd return- | being brought to :n:u]' upon n\:‘:\n«':l:‘ld;w | Larke reentage Added to Cost " X =3 Mot B30 [he. Seat| AL dhal siaralary sald that he was con- |on mo'or 30000 for the building. Good | ng leaving. Washiogion (o March 8, in-| partment by members o soatrose ant, 4 4 fieesat Hasbed) g | vinced that the control of the permanent|gay.' clusive. prominent western peop e —— u[: 5 an N 56 Aol i ‘”‘J"’ h'm‘ "‘_ | nlmfllll"lvr.:rll‘nfl-v\::‘ x'n (:‘uh: l:ly‘ :r ‘:4‘::?‘1,::1 The two men were Solicitor O'Connell I‘:-‘;AI'“I‘I;IIII‘HII‘: mull nlh‘r-‘r“nrgnn‘:zulmnu \)‘1; decislon In favor of the Pacific coast. PHILADELPHIA, Dec _Before the 1n- i " t the auditor for the P g [ M0 A0 & e 9 e remedied | and Director of the Mint Roberts of the | be 1 cent a mile each way, wi dustrial commission today Charles J. Har- 2 el el “‘jm"“lv '”“'“"""‘;'. { that it 1s highly important for the army | Treasury department |a minimum per capita fare of $10 for SOUTH DAKOTA TOWNS GROW | run, neaa of the Midvale Steel company, h e el A ot Rt At [Ubay thars should bs . lotsrcbAUASADI Omaha Indian Supply Depot. fifty or more traveling together. For ad- | i answered Mr. Cramp's statement of yes- uu E B aedy. 1t s atated that Mo | yorvice between the lino and the staft. Tn| o il il MGl g Caay that the | VAR committces to make arrangements, | cepaus Burean Makes Pu t of | terduy concerning the enormous profit on nd t | answer to an inquiry the secretary sald oday that the | ;4 exceeding three pereons, the fare will be | Places with Population Be- the manufacturing of armor plate. The . v of hia misfortunes can bo | (S was of minor importance whether Omaha Indian supply depot will be opened | yaie the per cupita fare charged organiza- Ripsion e ARUIMBIIR (OF R D o e . iree. He has many friends, | \are was a corps or regimental formation |83 soon as the bond of Superintendent|yions, the tickets to be used within the toeon 9100 8h 5 B e a1, whau the Hleke-in however who regard him ns a man of many | or (hw artillery branch, and that while he |Jorcan is approved. He sald there ought | ..o\ i b Rt . v 2 acellent qualities e hee b veally cared vory |BOt (0 bo any delay, as everything had been Fegireq Jimdh B9 excoeding February 25, | yASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The population | volved aro considered. “The profit of 22 Mebannid Hadly Wounded little about the matter, which he regarded approved, the clerical force selected, and | = FERTEER Py | of certain incorporated places in South Da- per cent on armor plate appears great, MeDonald was removed to the Emergen hospital, where the doctors have heen busily comaged in (rying to save his life. He w Wieeding profusely from the gashes he h made across his throat, but it was found on amination that nd that the v hie wound was fite. Th The by below the heart | that the post exchange is a club where | WABHINGTON, Dec..22.—The prevention " hetween the ribe. | the men get together to read, talk and | of hall storms by cannon firing 18 an all- An performed and the ball | smoke, playing checkers and other games | absorbing tople among the wine growers of toctors wers hopetul the | and drinking under such natural restraints | France and Italy, John C. Covert, the would pull through unless blood pol- | as the place afforded. A prohibition of the | United States consul at Lyons, France, has o ar other unfavorabla symptoms de- | canteen, the secretary said, would interfere | provided the State department with a sup- ped with enlistments, as the men would not en- | plementary report upon this important sub- v Mot hands of the ' it they knew they were going to be | ject, in answer to many requests and in- L n t near him and | confined In a reform school. He consid- [ quiries. him and nstant surveillance. | ered the agitation agnifist the canteen as| Before the improved cloud destroyers nteally b ader arrest and in the 1 one., holding that the abolition | Were In use wine growers shot powder £ ih while the fight for ‘ateen would drive the soldiers | from a sheet iron case fixed in a strong . ag on will be po otk of (e § Pl iaip where they were | box on the trunk of a tree. In some parts subject to s restraints, into the de- | of France they rang, and still ring, church ralizing and v « surroundings outside | bells at the approach of a hall storm, be- of army posts. It would result in more | Meving that the vibrations in the S‘ops Tickling driaking and more deception among those | Stmosphere served to break up the storm who drank. Th etary also pointed out | clouds. sse————————————— L rop Wwould con-| But these methods have given way to a \ : <5 satirely ped Ldteral | scelentific system of combating the elements Al serious lung troubles be- | R 188 SEBite A, 10 WhSY 1 predudlelat | means of a novel artillery service. The | with a tickling in the |ITE o g 10 regulating the sale | Kuns are the shape of an inverted cono, the - You can stop this at ot liquor up to | opening at the mouth being twenty-efght in a single night; a dose the jugular vein had not not bullet | of by New Year's it should be in active work- as a purely technical question. He sald he ing order. had put the corps formation provision into as | the bill because it had been generally rep- resented to him as a wise provision Socretary Root devoted considerable at- tention In his testimony to the army can- teen, urging that it was a great means maintaining the morality, health and Jl- | discipline of the troops. He pointed out oy | ad | Vineyardists of France and Italy Firmly Belleve in Success of the Method. and one-half inches. They are about six and one-half feet in length, made of thin PENSIONS FOR WESTERN VET ANS. W 1 1aht soddl adabans o \ at at vt boiler iron and stand upright on tripods bediime puts the throat red by the | tbree foet high At the base 1s a forged complete rest, ral ¢ ent. breach, which holds a forged iron block. In ’ WASHINGTON Special)—The | the center is placed a metallic cartridge lowing pensions have becn gral containiug eighty drachms of blasting er s \asiie of December | | powder wadded with & cork and tamped ltke Nebraska: Oviginal-Lanson J. Cline, [an ordinary miner's blast. The detonation Seward, 8 llw'*‘luwh l:‘\'u khorn, $6; | (o vory lond Jomn Cherry, DoWitt, S8 Incrense— Samt Buterba e e ™It | Wino growers generally, states Consul erry : edrich Linder, al $10 Covert, are emphatic in their beliet as to | TR alAfionkey | the efMcacy of fighting hall with gun At o M eomaield. §s. | powder A single cannon will protect nearly ec Ora 4 Nye, Cedar Rapids, $5: | geventy-five acres of land. Time and agaln, Ihn It Wetherell, fdsbon, $17: Willlam g 5 i e e Mowa Mgl | It 1s stated, approaching hail clouds have T'he cure is so easy now, it's W BAat Des Molnes, $12 Orle- | either hid their direction changed or broken astonishing any one should run | te - Minors of Willlam Honar, | into shreds, brinigng a copious fall of rain ; " Thaman M. Read, Marsh w in place of tho threatened destructive hail the risk of pneumonia and con- g Ry TRty LA . Man- | shower sumption, isn'tit? For asthma, te—Naney | Dr Paul Laztaeuv, one of the most dis- a . bron- 'i‘n"lnlnhnl sclentists in France, belleves eroup, whooping-coug ’-l rl“ln ‘m... the question of the infallibility of the hitis, consumption, hard colds, » ) cannon Is still In the domaln of experi- 1 1 ¥ ind WASHINGTON, Dec, 2 ary Loog | pent. Nevertheless, in Italy alone the and for coughs of all kinds, |nas received the tollowing telesram from | pumper of cannon used in cloud shooting Ayer's Cherry ectoral has | Coptain "; hRs, the temporary "“'“: of ‘:" has swelled from 2,000 in 1899 to 15,000. o | hoard which has been conducting the been the one great family medi- as of the new torpedo boat Bailey off Cheap Rates to Inauguratio een the g | Newport, regarding the performance of the | WASHINGTON, De The general eine for sixty years Three sizes: 28¢., ¢, §1.00. a8 98 jottie (0 you I F Avan o | yesterday Trial Balley suspended f | committee in charge of the arrangement for want of suit- | the Inauguration of President McKinley on oal. Standardization complete for | March 4 next has been informed by the {y-nine knots. Engines and appur- | railroads constituting the Trunk line or- terunces worked admirably. Board leaves | ganization that special rates will be made * | for Waskington tonight | Morris Heights." Balley returns to | for those who attend the inauguration cer | emonies. For Individuals one frst-class WILL ABOLISH COMMISSION | Intended to mouri River and Harbor B with Do Away River Commission, WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.—The river and harbor bill, ag it will be reported from the louse committee soon after the reconvening of congress on January 3, will carry o provision abolishing the Missourl | viver commission. The provision already | has been agreed upon and only waits the formulation of the bill to find a place in it, part of the committee, and it 1s the result ourl on either side. They generally the opinion that the navigation of the stream is so limited as to render {he commission useless. Tne general opin- | fon was that as the improvements of the | yiver consist most entirely of the banks | this work could be done as well if placed the hands of (he commission, and the commissioners approved this view The commission was created in 1884, and at present consists of Licutenant Colonel Amos Stickney of the engineer corps, president; the Mi | expresse |in | Major Thomas H. Handbury of the engincer corps, Major W. L. Marsh of the engineer corps, Charles C. Broadhead and C. L. Chraffee. WORRY OVER BATTLESHIPS | uction Finds Its Work | cully Involved and | te Problematic, | Dec. The Board of Construction again considered the battle- ship problem today. Sccretary Long had | referrea back to the board the bids cov- | ering the three sheathed battleships, hav- | | lug accepted its conclusions as to the elght other vessels included in the advertise-| ment. Several interesting legal points are | involved in this case. In the first place it {s doubtful whether or not one of the threo | vessels must be allotted to the Pacific, coast builders. There is a strong argument on each side of this question. Again, it 15 & question whether the department is at liberty to request bidders to amend thelr ! bids through (he indireci method of restor- {ug certain items of construction omitted in their specifications. Altogether, it ap- pears that the board will be occupled for the next three days in determiniug these points and then passing upon the alterna- tive proposition in the eveut that the bids | cannot be brought within the limit of cost, | of having recourse to new designs for tho | Board o Becon WASHINGTON, || Aberdeen . B | tem The decision to dlscontinue the commis- [ /b o qorjon taken by the senate on sion is sald to have been unanimous on the |4 o%e iy Kota, having a population of more than 2,000, but less than 25,000, is as follows: 4,087 Mitchell Kings erre ... adwood sSjoux Falls. Huron 1Vermillion Lead 0 Watertown Madison 0 Yankton State Department Receives Treaty. WASHINGTON, Dec. 22.--The Hay- Pauncefote canal treaty, with the senate amendments, was received at the State de- partment shortly after noon today. It was transmitted from the senate through the White House. With the treaty was a sim- plo statement, not by the president pro of the senate, but by the secretary, The State department will forward the of statements made to the t-uml‘nllll-a bY | ymendments in the usual course to the mmembers of the house whose districts touch | gttt e v ent, and they will be on their way to London by the steamer which leaves next week. This action was rather more rapid than is usual in treaty making, it 18 taken, there will be nothing more for the State department to do until the British government has passed upon the amendments, provided an unconscions able period of time is not so occupied. Once len Depress WA 22.—A pronounced depression in German business enterprises generally has been reported to the State department by United States Consul Al- bert, at Brunswick. In building, in rail- road projects, in the construction of elec- trical and street railroads and in projected electrical plants for lighting there has been a very material decrease as compared with last year, of from 30 to 60 per cent. The number of projected gas works 1s almost a third less and in mining and smelting, metal | manufacture, breweries and water works there has been a considerable falling off. The consul characterizes the depression as a natural reaction after so much pros- perity in 1899, and says that Germany never was o flourishing as during last year. Working on Appropriation Bl WASHINGTON, Dec A subcommit tee of the senate committee on appropria- tions today began the consideration of the legislative, executive and judicial appropri- ation bill, with the view of having it in readiness to be reported to the senate soon after the reconvening of congress after the holidays. Melklejohn Comen to Nebraska, WASHINGTON, Dec. 21.—Hon. George D. | Melklejohn, assistant secretary of war, left Washington today for Lincoln, Neb. He has been granted leave of absence for thirty days and will at once begin & fcmal can- vass for the Nebraska senatorship made vacant by the retirement of Senator Thur- ston. he sald, “but when its acceptance or re- | jection depends on two shots, as is the it is small, for when (he armor plate Jected the material is lost A question as to combinations of capital brought a statement from the witness con- | cerntng the reported Cramp-Vicker Sons {ana Maxim-Midvale company negotiations. Mr. Harrah sald: “No one today has an option on Midvale, nor has anyone an option on the controll- ing interest of Midvale. 1 would state fur- ther that when I was in London last sum- mer Mr. Albert Vickers told me positively | that neither he nor his company had any intention of coming here to establish a plant to do any business beyond that which they could do for the government.” When asked as to the tariff conditions Mr. Harrah satd: “Let the tariff alone.” The commission also heard testimony re- garding the plate-gluss industry by John Pitcairn, president of the Pittsburg Plate Glass company. Mr. Pitcairn asserted that a combination was necessary because of the failure of several individual factories. After the consolidation of the mandfacturers, Mr. Piteairn sald, the jobbers association be- came objectionable in its demands. These demands asked the Pittsburg Glass company to discriminate against buyers who were not members of the jobbers' organization W. W. Heroy of New York, chairman of the selling department of the Pittsburg Viate Glass company, wes asked: ‘‘Have you tried in any way to prevent the trade in the United States from buying foreiga | glass 2 “We have certaln contracts with buyers in consideration of which they agreed to buy glass h “What would be the penalty in their re- | 1ation with you if they bought abroad?" “We certainly would not refuse to sell to them, but it would be reasonable to suppose that our competitors buying abroad would receive commissions from us when they purchased our product LIMA | Findly ident of th | plosive ‘company \fternoon by Reddick_of Producers’ Ex- was blown to atoms this 1 of nitro-glycerine y near herc. The ed_hundreds of | explosion windo in the city, The factory was closed : for the holldays and Mr. Red- | « gone out to put a padlock on a The explosion occurred in the maga- N Rutan to Be Electrocuted, CLEVELAND, 0., Dec Judge Neft in eriminal court today sentenced Bdward Rutheven, negro, to be electrocuted on April 12, 1901, for ‘the murder of Patrolman Bhipp. Shiph was killed while attempting to arrest Rutheven, whom he had discov ered in the act of hurgarizing a vesiden Tho trial attracted wides) attentd awing 1o the Tact that Ruiheven was con: | fined In an iron cage while he was in court. The Only Line To California That runs Personally Conducted Ixcursions from Omaha three days cach weck. h ‘I hey are in charge or competent Manugers. Leave Union Station Wednesdays, 1:30 p. m. 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