Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 11, 1902, Page 2

THHE OMAHA DAILY BE point having and house The South terview with the secretary of the fterior the commissioner of Indian affairs at spector Jenkins in relation to the Indian agency and the discharge of Major Harding, former agent at that point. No conclusion was reached, Secretary Hitch- cock Insisting upon his right to discharge & man without a hearing, which Is in subs stance the reason for all the quarrels over the Yanktpn agency The senntors insigted upon Major Hard- ing's being given a hearing upon the charges filed against him, and it they are substantiated they will join with the sec- retary in his action. But they protest against the manner in which Harding was let out Nebraskans in Washington, Dakota senat Numbers of Nebraskans were in fown to- day, some being heré on matters connected with the departments, others taking the opportunity to stop off on thelr way to or from Nebraska General C. F. Manderson was amoug the distinguished visitors, stopping off here on his way to Phiadelphia, where he will join Mrs. Manderson. It fs expected they will spend some time in Washiagton next week State Senator Howard Baldridge of Doug- las county Is here for a day or two, having had business in Philadglphia and New York C. E. Yost of Omaba is In the city, as is E4 C. Smith, formerly in charge of the telephone company at Omaha, now baving | charge of telephone interests n lowa Congressman Mercer has asked the War department for an appropriation of $1,000 out’ of the general fund to construct A curb- ing around Fort Omaha, thereby protecting the sidewalk which the government put in | “ last year. The request has been referred to the Department of the Missouri for a report, which, It is expected, will be favor- | able. Crel; on Postmaster Appointed. Senator Millard has terminated the con test over the Creighton postoffice by so- | lectiog C. A. Sweet to succeed the present | fucumbent, A. A. Logan. Mr. Sweet was| largely indorsed by the soldiers - of | Crelghton and republi generally, al-| though Mr. Logan large number of influential men ign his petition to retain had o Yankton | {ot Wisconsin BURKETT CARRIES RIS POINT in Haviag Cemsus Burean Bill eommitted for Aubstitute. DEMANDS A PERMANENT ORGANIZATION * Wanted in New Mensure ty 1 borers Under the Civil that Will Properly Cla: Service, WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—The house spent | the ‘ay considering the Hgpkins bill, to | create a permanent census bureau. While l]l-‘l genoral sentiment was o favor of permanent bureau, there was strong oppo- sitton to the bill as drawn, on the ground that it was not well matured. There also was an overwhelming demand for a pro- vision to place the present employes of the census bureau under the protection of the civil service law and the bill finally was recommitted with instructions to re- | port back a bil. containing a plan for a | detalled organization of a permanent cen- | #s bureau to include also a provision to pl the prosent employes under the .-mx‘[ service. The fight to recommit was made | under the leadership of Mr. Burkett of Nebraska, the new member of the appro- priations commitiee. A bl was passed unanimously to give Mrs. McKinley the free mailing privilege durlng the remainder of her Iife, The | house then adjourned until Monday, Will Call Up Pens B the sessfon Barney from the committee on ar propriations, reported the pension bill and | gave notice that he would call it up on Monday after the disposal ot District of Columbla business, | On motlon ot Hopkins of Tilinols the | house then went Into committee of the whole and took up the consideration of the bill to create a permanent census office. Hopkine, in support of the bill, ex- plafned that the subject of establishiog a permanent bureau had been agitated for At the opening of the place, Heywood Leavitt, president of the| many years. General Francls A. Walker superintendent of the Ninth and Tenth | {at the Deflone hotel last night | was complete in every detail. in Ohlo, tornia Last year the Imports of wrapper tobacco into the United States amounted to $600,000 and of filler $5,000,000. In a short time, the secretary sald, we would be able to supply or own wrapper and filler of a grade that wonld challenge the best grown avywhere in the world STATE BAR AT FESTALBOARD (Continued from Texas, North Carolina and Cali- “Irst Page.) speaker making a humorous hit, striking friends right and left, but in a manner to | elielt applause, A. C. Wakeley spoke for a few moments, felieitating the members of the state atlon on the success of the meeting. M. Lambertson of Lincoln followed with remarks upon thoughts brought out by | the addresses. Me sald that he did not | *ympathize with the arraignment of the | judges of the state which had been made | by the members of the assoclation. He res { ferred to the men who had occupled the | bench from territorial days, particularly of Jufige Wakeley, who was pfesent. Refer- | ence to Judge Wakeley brought forth many cheers, as did references to Judge Koysor, Judge Hastings, Judge Dickinson and Judge Munger. “Look over the bar of this state,” he «ald, “and you find the equal of any of the great lawyers of the nation.” TOASTED BY HIS ASSOCIATES ofetain und Employes of Missouri plimentary Dinner. Fourteen fellow officials and employes of the Missour: Pacific rallway toasted Wil- liam C. Barnes, the departing traveling pas- senger agent, at a dinner given in his houor The affair The table was lighted only by the glow from the can- dles in a banquet set of candelabra whicl adorned the board, and a profusion of ‘cut flowers and. palms disposed about the room enhanced the scene. Musle from an or- | chestra in an alcove lent the finishing touch. Mr. Barnes has been with the Missourl | Pacific railroad for ffteen years He was This May G.ve Solution te the Arbitrati Diffienlty. ONLY CONCESSION TO BE GIVEN TO CHILE How the Republie Wil Act on Plan is Problematical and Com- MAnds Interest—Speech of MEXICO CITY, Jan. ‘101t is believed that the arbitration difficulty in the Pan- American couference has finally been dis posed of, though it Is uncertaln how the Chileans will act. The solution {8 to be found fn the sup- pression of the final protocol, for which purpose a modification of the rules of the conference will be necessary. For his pur- pose & two-thirds vote will be needed, but it 18 already practically assored. The sup- pression of the final protocol is the only concession that will be made to the Chi- leans. It significance 18 simply that the treaties approved by the conference will only bear the signatures of the delegations who adopt them. The final protocol would have to bear the signatures of all the dele- gations, without exception, and it would bo a resume of all the treaties concluded by the conference, including that of com- pulsory arbitration, signed by ten delega- tions. Overcomes Dificulty for Chileans. Therefore, as the Chileans would have had to sign the final protocol with the other delegations, they would have been placed In the position of indirectly sanc- tloning the plan of compulsory arbitration. Now, however, it the final protocol is abol- tshed, thls dieulty will be overcome, and it s held that the Chileans will be evincing excessive sensitiveness if they persist withdrawing One of them, when asked tonight by the would da It the compulkory plan went to the conference in the form éxplained in the act according to circumstances and Instru, | Assoctated Press correspondent what they | : SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, B SUPPRESS FINAL PROTOCOL | | | 1002, fic of the Great Northern and the North- ern Pacifie, thus making reduction of rates possible and adding to the general pros- perity of the northwest? Instead of build- ing the Burliogton system or a line of rail- way alongaide of it the Great Northern and Northern Pacific purchased the capital atock of a line already constructed. Instead of issutng stock or bonds for the purpose of ralsiog moneys for building a line reach- ing the same country bonds were fssued to purchase the stock of a constructed line “The capital etock of rallway companies, as of other corporations, will be held by eomebody and somewhere. Rallway com- panies, as carriers, are subject to super vision and control by the public for the purpose of insuring the performance of thelr obligations to the publie: The capl- tal employed in rallway construction s made public Rallroads make through publistied rates price charged for transportatior, the only thing they have to sell, and must report the Amount they roceive for what they sell been dome with it. Courts are open for (he purpose of determining whether rallway companies, as carriers, observe their obil- gatlons to the public. The question of the reasonableness of rates and services does not depend upon whether one man owns the capital stock of a rallway or another whether the capital stock s owned by ten men or 1,000, by persens or by corporations The capital stock of a raflway company is personal property, to be sold, transferred from one man to another and anyone may purchase and hold all that he has means to buy, Holds “The capital stock of the Northern Pa- cific and Great Northern will be held by somebody, persons or corporations, if not by the present owners, by other ownere. Suppose by death of present owners the | stock should be scattered and a majority of it find its way into the hands of those in- terested in competing lines, serving the country to the morth, or the south of the territory served by the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific, would the peopls along the lines of these raflwaye be beno- fitted? If the present owners of g major- ity of the stock of the two companies could | be tompelled to sell it or dispose of it on | foregoing, said that his delegation would | 'Btere the markets, would it fall into hands more ed (n the development and in prosperity of the northwest than its present ownere? How s It that lines public ( and what hae | * | him the | REEVES DIVULGES SECRET Talks Flaently of the Pestoffice Frands at Navana Ultimate Plan Was to Extablish ixecative of the Islands, HAVANA, 10 |finished the examination of Reeves in the vostoflice trial and he will be cross-examined by Neeley and Rathbone 1t was evident throughout | money tuat the charge | fendants 1s based on |for the fiscal conducted his oxamfnation, | | Question by question, from a |Accusatton and Reeves: substantinted the | conclusfons drawn in the accusation | Reeves said that Rathbon. chict postal. accountant { had driginally been appointed to this posi | tion from Washington. He said thar he {had a converaation with Neeley abour the destruction of stampe. that Neeley told | him Ratbbone wae willing to do husiness |and that the stamps had | the suggestion of Neeley. | R Marfield and Nee vted a commission. Marfield did not know about | the intended fraud. He figured up th | amount of the value and marked ench pack |age of stamps, amounting to a total of $310,000, | tomorrow counsel for testt- | gainst all the de Reeves' tostimony. | Reevey typewritten had appointed but that he been burned at Stan Neeley's Declarntion, Reeves testified that Neeley made up a | declaration and that some days after he Neeley and Marfield signed it. Rathbone, ho sald, ordered him to credit the amount on_the hooks Here Senor Lanuza called Reeves' atton tlon his statement to | master Vrostow's report that Reeves did | not know fraud had baen committed when he made the credit in the books Reeves refused to recognize the printed statement ag his ves sald that before to Assistant Post- TABSOLUTE SECURITY. 28 ! | NEELEY INCRIMINATED AS THE PRINCIPAL | Carter’s e | Little Liver Pills. Must B Signature of GUAS 81OK HEADAQME. DOGTORING ReE A staft of ons from ve, at the number of this. countey brarch of the Institute er of Sixteenth and ¥ ms 149 Honrd of Trad eminent gentlenen have eminent physieian: the M itish gent. solfe patients unde extablished a in this clty at the ) tions. He denied that they had ever threat- the give thoir services entirely free fu encd to withdraw Chile's legation from Mexico. first employed as a baggage trucker at Ne Standard Be Sugar compauy of Leavitt, censuses, and Porter, superintendent of the | b H braska C| N L $ Neb., Js In the clty to appear before the |Eleventh census. as well as the ot s AR (g AT LR present | to be travellng passenger agent from gen- ol tiee on ways and cang of the houss | director, united trol y rece e ommitiee on ways and means o In strongly recommending | ovg; yeadquarters undor General Phasonger when It takes up the reciproeal relations | it on the ground that it would -not only . 3 With Cuba. He was around the capital to- | decrease the cost, but would increase the "‘l';‘";‘;:::" “"Nr""h:h(']"’;‘;“ ":'_" il dany with Henry T. Oxnard. It is prosumed | value of the results, B PPk i maha, occupying |bufning the last surcharged stamps, amount : y ¥ gfree ful o 00, Neeley told i three months (medicines oxcepted), 1o all s 408,000, Neeloy - told. Him tthe Ljnyalids who' enll upon them for treat- mount creditod for the first burning was | ment botween now and Jebrvary 2 wrong, and that there were $15,000 to e |, The object in BUEsuIng thiw course (s to $8°00" batwe, A become rapidly and personally acquainted ilw'.‘n”"' up between him, Neeley and Rath- | with the siek and afioted. wad under po s | brought about the present condition of prosperity of the two companies? What has enabled them to serve tha people afong the lines as they have heen served? ainly the wiilingness and the ability of those the Speech by Davis, Ex-Senator H. C. Davis, chairman of the United States delegation of. the Pan-Amer- {conditions will any charge whatever be General Manderson, who has been atiorney | for the Beet Sugar association, will also be | heard in behalf of the beet sugar interests. | Nebraska Itepublic A The first meating cf the Nebraska Repub- licam, imssoctation will be held tomorrow night, and members of the Ncbraska dele- | gatfon I congress have been invited. Thero | will be a musical program participated fn’| by Nebraskans, the main feature of which | will ‘be a piano recital by Miss Alice Ros- seter, a Nebraska girl who Is a medalist from the Chicago Conservatory of Musje She is a ‘stster of Mrs. Alice Rosseter- Willard, well known to many old-time braskans Deet Sugar an Cuba. The attorney for the Cuban commercial delegates urging tho tarifi concessions for Cuban commercial products bas drawn up u tentative proposition offered as a, com- promise with the American best sugar peo- ple. The bill contemplates a drawback equal to 50 per cent of the tar# duty on Cuban sugar, a tarift reductlon of 50 per cent on other Cuban products, and by way of compensation a suitable tariff reduction on Amerlcan merchandise entering Cuba The 50 per cent rebate acheme Is opposad by the beet sugar men. : The Michigan delegation is much con- cerned over the situation, as are other dol egations represonting the beet sugar states President Oxnard of the American Beet Bugar asociation Is opposed ;to any kind | of reduction amounting to 50 per cent, but the Impression has gone abroad that he is | willing to settle on a basis of 20 per cent rebate. Mrs. Wheeldon Demands Malntenane Mrs. Mary Wheeldon has filed In the su- preme court of the District of Columbia a Bl for malntenance against *her husband, Lorenzo D, Wheeldon, who Is a printer in @ the Treasury department, recelving $4 | & day. Mrs. (Wheeldon alleges her husband owns a farm In Nebraska valusd at $2,500 and a house and lot at Auburn, | Neb:, valued at $1,600. They were married in Council Blufts in September, 189 The records of the postofice at Omaha durlng December were $37,242, com- * pared with $35,618 for December, 1900, This shows an Increase of $1,624. At Des Moines the. recelpts were $36,165 and $31.098 re- spectively, an Increaso of $5,067. Wilber L. Atherton is appointed general delivery clerk in the postoffico at Huron, | 8 D, The PostoMco department accepts the proposal of M. L. Brown, leasing the pres- ent quarters of the Emmetsburg, Ia., post- office for ten years. James C. McDonald of Bartlett, appointed copylst In the $900. Ia., Is pension office at INCREASE IN WHEAT YIELD Average ¥ Well as Average Larger Than Former Year. r Acre WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—~The statistician of the Department of Agriculture estimates tho average yield per acre of wheat in the | United States in 1901 at 14.8 bushels, as| compared with 12.3 bushels in 1900, 12.3 bushels in 1809, 15.3 bushels in 1508 and 13.3 | bushels in 1898 and 13.3 Wushels, the mean | of the averages of the last ten years, The newly seeded area of winter wheat | is provisionally estimated at 32,000,000 | acres, an fucrease of 5.6 per cent upon the | area estimated to have been sown in the fall of 1900 | The newly seeded area of winter rye Is provisionally estimated at 1,260,000 acres, an increase of 2.9 per cent upon the ares estimated to bave been sown in the fall of 1500, COMPLETES _PENSION BILL Committes on Fi and P Report. How Approprintions WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—The pension ap- propriation was completed by the house committee on appropriations today and re- ported to the house. It carries $137,842,230, exactly the amount of the estimates, as | the debate | tions to report back as a substitute a bill Against $140,245,280 Appropriated last year. Dragged-Down Feeling In the loins. ervousness, unrefreshing sleop, despon: "!t Y. time you were doing somethin, The kidneys were anclently called the —in your case they are holding the and driving you into serious trouble, ousands of testimonlals prove that Hood’s Sarsapariiia urely vegetable compound, acts with :h! m {l direct, beneficial effect on the kidneys, It contains the best and safc substances for correcting and toning the .'fsm:'iomunnu cleanses the blood and Btrengthens all the b1¢ll] tunctions, i In reply to questions Hopkins said that 3460 clerks had been cmployed in the burean, 2,700 being still employed, 1t the pending bill passed, ho said, the force would be reduced this year to §0, next year to in 1905 to 500 and thereafter to 200. e was hesieged by members who wanted to know the status of the present clerks in the event of the passage of the bill, He | 10 that it the UL passed it was hoped | the other department could nbsorb the pres ent temporary clerks. They could then be placed under the protection of the efvil service and transferred to other depart- ments. It the bill were ‘promptly passed the temporary clerks, by executive order, | could be made eligible for transfer. Sev. | eral members, among .thew Manning of | Ilinots atd Corliss of Michigan, suggested that the bill be amended to provide that the clerks be eligible for transter. Burkett in Opposition. Grosvenor of Ohio aeked if it would not be wise to authorize the president to ex- tend the civil service law over the surplue | clerks. Hopkins replied that the subfect had been canvassed by the house and sen- ate committee and it had been thought that such action would not be expedient. Burkett of Nebraska opposed the bill, contending that It was improper and Inop- portune and asserting that the course of today demonetrated that the proposed legislation had not been well ma- | tured. He declared that the only persons | who had agitated the subject of a perma- nent census had been the superintendents of past censuses and others directly inter- ested. . He pointed out tbat a salary of $7, was voted to the director of census on the ground of the temporary character of the | employment and the greas responsibility. This bill proposed to continue this salary. He polnted out that the experts whose services It was claimed it was so neces- sary to retain, had been detalled from the various departments, Mr. Burkett sald there was nothing in the bill to keep the census clerks in office. It was designed to keep only the chiets of division and higher officers n their present | positions. He thought the bill should be | recommitted, Mr. Crumpacker of Indlana favared the | passage of the bill, which, he argued, would | be the first step toward putting the census | upon & scientific and logical basis. | Mr. Maddox ofAGeorgla was opposed to the plan of a permanent;census bureau. Opened for Amendments. Mr.' Hemenway of Indiana also opposed | the bill. Mr. Sims of Tennessee sald he | would propose an amendement to place the | employes of the office under the civil service | law. | Mr. Bingham of Pennsylvania supported | the bill. The bill was then opened to amendment and Mr. Hemenway of Indiana offered an amendment to provide that persons now employed in the census bureau, not In- cluding janitors, shall be eligible to ap- pointment in other departments without ex- amination or without certification by the Civil Service commlission upon the recom- mendation from the head of such depart- ment, Mr. Mann of Illinols opposed the amend- ment, because it placed no' time ltmit on the eligibllity of employes. The Hemenway amendment was adopted Mr. Burkett then moved that the bill be reported to the house with the recommenda- tion that it be recommitted, with instruc- providing for the detailed organization of a permanent census bureau, and with a pro- vislon therein to place the present em- ployes of the bureau within the classified service Mr. Hopkins attempted to secure the ayes and nays on the motion to recommit, but only thirty-eight members seconded his domand—not a sufficient number, The motion to recommit was carried M. Bromwell of Ohio secured unanimous corsent and ‘the house passed the bill to give the widow of the late President Mc- Kinley the franking privilege during the remainder of her life. Then at 440 p. m. the house adjourned until Monday. WILSON ON TOBACCO RAISING Secretary of uiture Says Best Qualities Can Be Grown in Americ WASHINGTON, Jan. 10.—At the cabinet meeting today Secretary Wilson explained what had been done by his department in the way of experiments in raising tobacco. I stated that it had been fully demon- strated that we could ralse in this country all the wrapper tobacco necessary for do- westic use and of a quality second to none In every particular it was as fine as could be grown in Cuba or any other coun!ry. Last year ten acres of filler tobacco of a very high grade had been successtully | Barnes [DINNER TO COLONEL ABELL positions Jeaving as traveling passenger agent out of this city. J. 0. Philiippl, general Missourl Pacific in Omaha, spoke for the company assembled in farewell to Mr. | The latter fesponded in a clever peech. Those present were all the Mis- «ourl Pacific railroad men in Omaha, as fol- W. C. Baroes, J. B. Phillippl, T. F. R. B. Wilson, H. W. Hover, J. M P. Barrett, H. T. Fisher, H, C ©. Taylor, R. Durling, R. Bev- Tillotson and H. B. McCowan. in the local ofMce and agent for the | lows Goafl Batley, Sprague, T Ins, C Retiring Cashier of Omaha Packing npany Is Given Complis mentary Farewel In farewell to Colonel C. C. Abell, for fifteen years past cashier of the Owmaha Packing company, a dioner was given in his honor at the Henshaw last night by the heads of the different departments of the company. Colonel Abell resigned on Jan- uary 1, baving regired from active dutiee because of age. He will return to his old home at Antwerp, N. Y. to spend the re. mainder of his days. Colonel Abell, C. K. Urquhart, A. N. Benn, John Wallwork, 8. C. Spencer, Sam- uel Hart, A. C. Anderson, Royal Comstock, Moses . Redmond, J. Munnecke, D. Tracy, Lewis Clark, W. Urqubart, John Wilson attended the dinner. FIRE RECORD. Opera Houn COLUMBUS, Neb., Jan. 10.—(Speclal.)— Fire started in the stage property of the old opera house last night about 9 o'clock, but the alarm was given so promptly and with such quick response by the depart- ment that not more than $2i damage was done. at Columbu, Hotels und Business Blooks, MOUNT VERNON, Tex., Jan, 10.—Fire which started this afternoon destroyed the Shields and the Hill hotels and six business houses. The total loss is estimated at $100,000, of which $30,000 falls on Kaplan & Bro., dry goods. Total insurance, about $35,000, Nightly Occurrence at r.-l-p n. CRESTON, Ia., Jan. 10.—(Spectal.)—~The unusual pumber of fires. occurring in Cres- ton in the past two weeks has given rise to the opinion that Incendiaries are at work. Fires in remote localities have oc- curred almost nightly, ’ o saw M1 in Michigan, MANISTEE, Mich., Jan: 10.—Lew| saw, shingle and stave mill burned Loss, $100,000. MeClintock, ¢ the and who af one time w nent breeder of Alde south, today called his ad on her shoulder, died without uttering a word, He complaiiied yestorday of hear trouble. Today was the anniversary of his birth, alty, s the most promi ney stock in the ife, and, laying his HILL BROOK FARM. The Owner Comments Grape-Nuts, A farmer with his out of might have reason to expect the average good health proper food and have it well cooked, but many of them in middle age suffer tor- ments from dyspepsia, and following that a weakened nervous system. To show the value of a change In food we quote from a letter written by L. Flag- ler, owner of HIll Brook farm, Charlottes- ville, Va. “I have spent a very considerable amount of mouey In trylng to cure my stomach trouble with medicines and haye changed vlimate several times. About two years ago 1 was faken worse. My heart and Kid- neys gave me much trouble. I could not sleep nights. Was very nervous, thin and discouraged. Finally I changed my _focd and began taking Grape-Nuts Bragkfast door work more than if he would use | settiement of al tonight, took leave of tha conference at this morniug's session in a brief speech, saying in part: Much against my desires, circumstances require me to leave tonight for my horwe. It Iy pleasant, howe nk that the work of this confe DI »- proaching wn end. Among the profects adopted are the raports of the Pan-Ameri- can raflway and banking committee, (o which 1 ways assign, ough has been accomplished 1o assy that much good will come to the American republics as a result of the second Pan-Amorican confer- ence, Among the achlevements of this confer- ence a plan of arbitration has been sub- stantially ag upon ¢ will e §reat value (o all of the republlcs. This, feel sure fs a long step toward preserv: ing peace and’ settiing disputes between American republics. The addition of The Hague troaty was a step in advance of any previously taken by the nations of the world and clearly showed that clvilized man _everywhere wishes to avold war If possible. Permit me to say to my colleagues of the southern republics, where questions so often ariue, fall¥ about boundaries, that {f you accept the oppartunity: to adopt The Hague es, 1t will be the greatest and hest move you can make toward a peaceful digputed questions, thus following the epfighitened ¢lvilized natlons of the world: {The tribunal's board ap- polnted by eotvention s already demon- strating (s usetulness. Among the recent important auestions referred to it are two submitted by France and England and the United States and England are preparing to submit the Alaskan boundary and other questions to arbitration. Draw Republics Together, A number of measures have heen and others will be adopted by this conference by which the republics of America will be brought closer together and by which their general weltare will be advanced. By the construction of the Pan-American rallway it Is belleved commercial and friendly ro- lations will be increased and delegates to the next conference can come together in a more convenlent and economical way. Senor Carbo of Ecuador presented a mo- tion to the effect that the conference rec- ognize the services of Mr. Davis and regrets his departure. This motion was seconded by Senor Chavero of Mexico, Blestgney of Chile and Genera] Reyes ot Colombia, and carrled unanimously. President Ralgosa appointed Senor Cas- lus of Mexico, General Reyes of Colombla, Sanchez Marmot of Mexico and lazo Ar- riaga of Mexico a committee to take leave of Senator Davis at the station. But in ad- dition Mr. Ralgosa himself and all the del- egates as well as the employes of the con- ference were at the station, * This morping, In company with United States Ambassador Clayton, Mr. Davis had a long and cordial interview with President Diaz. Nothing has been decided In the matter of arbitration and, as has been predicted by the Associated Press correspondent, six delegations refralned from attending to- day's session by way of protest, viz: Peru, Argentine, Bolivia, Paraguay, Venezuela and Santo Domingo. The approval of the proj- ect for the exchange of publications was the businees transacted at this morning's sesslon. HAVE FAITH IN HILL (Continued from First Page.)) In the northwest that without competition rates have been reduced faster than any- where else in the country. Holds Interests Are Mutual, After speaking of other sections where rates are higher, showing the rate reducs tlons in the northwest, he said: ‘“This, more than anything else, has doubled the years.” Continuing a little later, he said “There has recently been an attempt to show that we have no interest in building up the prosperity of the people of your state and of the northwest, If we did not do everything in our power to build vou up, we would be false to our best Inter- ests. Our object in acquiring the Bur- lington jolntly with the Northern Pacifie rallway was to insure an outlet to the best markets for jhe gratn, live stock and lumber for the northern states, and to increase the volume of our traffie to the end that we might at all times be able to establish the lowest rates and most favor- able conditions under which the trafic must be carrled. The Burlington, with Its own rails, reaches Chicago, Peorla, Food, This agreed with me and I have thought 1 could see my way out, 80 [ have stuck to Grape-Nuts for a year and a half and gradually the old troubles have disap- peared. “I have made splendid progress in health and strength, aleepswell and can now do a §00d day's work for a man of ) yea “I know that Grape-Nuts caused the change, and althouglt I am now able (o use other food as I 1iKe, still I stick to Grape- uts because I know bow It nourished me, and, besides, wife and I both like the foo ' he says nothing has helped her ner- vous system like Grape-Nuts. We buy the food by the case,and are very enthusiastic in regard to it.’ raised in Penosylvania, and during the coming session extensive experiments would be made in ralsing high-grade filler It is plain that nervous, worn out people can be brought back to health by using L arape-Nuts, Rock Island, Davenport, Quincy, Alton, Hannibal, St. Louis, 8t. Joseph, Kan City, Des Moines, Omaha and Denver, and then conbects with the maln arteries of traffic of the whole country. Aseuming that the line of the Burling- ton had not been constructed and that the Great Northern and Northern Pacific fointly had raised the money and were en- gaged 1o the construction of it, would. there be anything to meet the disapproval of the states traversed by the lines of the Great Northern aud Northern Pacific, Buy or Bulldf “On the contrary, would not such a course have been hailed with approval ab a means of opening up markets for north- western produce and of reaching markets in the south and southwest and of securin business, increasing the volume of the traf- fcan conference, who left for Washington | of | price of your lands In a comparatively few | controlling large interests of #tock of the company, who found 1t to thelr | advantage to build up the ifhes and pro | mote the wettlement of the tertitory tribu tary to It and. who will contipue it."” . Ho called attantion (o the former high rates on the great lakes and how western interests had established new lines and forced reductions in rates from. the eagt and by means of new elevators had compelled lower rates there also. Reduction in Rates. After turther touching on rate reductions, he ‘sald: “The conditions of the general rallroad situation In the United States at the present time are hardly understood For the yegr ending June 30, 1890, number of tope carried one mile by all the rallroads was 76,207,000,000. In 1900 1t was 141,600,000,000, as shown by the Interstate Commerce commission reports. In 1901 a safe estimate will bring this to 165,000,000,+ 000 tons carrled one mile, an (ncreaso of 130 per cent in eleven yedrs. During this time the mileage of tho railroads in the United States Increased 18 per cont. While the tons moved shows an insmease of 120 per cent the carnings show an increaso of less | than 40 per cent. During rates have been reduced to that difference. During eleven years, nothwitbetanding the enor- mous Increase traffic, four so-called trunk lines bave,/through destructive com- petition, fatled and all but one of them have been absorbed by the stronger eurviving lines. Destructive competition bas forced the weakest linen inta bankruptoy and teday they are ownedl by the lines that are able to maintain their position and credit, giving the abflity to acquire these bankrupt roads. The Bal- | timore & Oblo and the Pennsylvania for | half a century have been rival roads. Both | states and cities actively alded in bufld- ing them up—destructive compotition be- tween them has finally resulted In the Penusylvania rajlroad owning the Balti- more & Ohio. Have the rates advanced? | Have the people along the line of the Bal- | timore & Ohlo suffered? -On the contrary, the first step has been to furnish money to cut down the grades, double track the line from the Obio river to Chicago and to turnish cars and facllities to handle the business to the best advantage and at such this time the he extent of that period of rates as will enable the shippers along the | line to open up their lines and incrense their business in every branch of trade and to rely upon a solvent vompany for the | facilities necessary to trapsact thelr busi- ness.” Need of More Capita After speaking of the congested state of transporttion throughout the country, he sald: “A cargful examination of the rall- way problem ‘from a natlonal standpoint will, T belleve, show beyond question that the business of the country has outgrown the facilities on most of the trunk lines and that mew facilities not now apparent will be necessary to relleve the sftuation Rates In the United States are much lower than in any other country. Wages are higher—the cost of much of the material Is much higher than in Europe, yet the rate charged in Europe le fully twice as high as in America. The conditions in this coun- try change very rapldly-——while rates have been cut in two in twenty yéars all kinds of labor and materials used by the railways have been advanced from 30 to G0 per cent. othing but the Increased volume of traffo | has made 1t possible to reduce rates as they have been reduced. Today we fiud the vol- ume of trafc so great east of Chicago that the rallways are not liable to move ft under the present conditions. How will these conditions be changed and at whose cost? Who will bulld new lines or increase old ones? These are questlons which I will not undertake to answer farther than to eay that the west must have the facilities or suffer for the want of them. The public muat bear In mind that a baukrupt road cannot furnish good service Tt t« remarked that it will be thirty-two years next March since I first saw the Red River valley. At that time there was not a single house on the west side of the Red river trom the Bois de Stoux to Pembina." After speaking of the valley's marvelous growth, he sald in conclusion: “I hope in the future that with better methods of cul- tivation and more knowledge of what i« re- quired your conditton may be constantly improved, and it your condition is improved we will certainly share it with you. As the volume of traffic increases our rates will be reduced. Remember that whatever helps you helps the rallroad and whatever hurts you or restricts your growth restricts the growth of the railroad servipg you. We will always prosper together or be poor to- gether." Sult Against Unton Pacin Louls J. Platti, as admintstrator of the estate of, Albert Patterson, fs sulng the Union Pacific rallroad because Patterson was killed Suly 6, 191, while lying asleep on the company's tracke, twe miles eust of Valley. It is charged that the engincer had someone In the cab with him and was criminally negligent In not watching the track more closely. The amount asked 1s 91,9, north- | the | then. reorganized unfl] | nge winl Roeved testified that Neeley told him that Rathbone had paid off a mortgage in ¢'in clunati with this money. Shortly after this | Reeves sald that Rathhone, in referring to | the burning of the stamps, eald it was | ensy way fo make money. | _He also said tMat Neeley told him that Rathbone would be civil governor of Cuba and that they would benefit thereby cause Neeley would be of | 1sland and Reeves auditor A Misapproprintion. | Réeves also testified that creditcd $12,000 tn his own ¢ n changing accounts to the North Americay | | Trust company and that he (Neeloy) appropriated this amount | Regarding Rathbone's trip to the United | Sfates In October, 1805, Reeves safd " that $1,600 hed been drawn for expenses and that Rathbone returned him $673. He said | be thought Necley gave Rathbone $480 of | this amount, and that Neeley sald that | Rathbone was hard up and that he would return It whon he got an increase of salary | When the question of daily expense al- | lowance came up, Reeves testified that he told Rathbone that fn the absence of any | Instractions, «discontinuing this allowance, | he should continue it when Necley went to | | the United States. Reeves sald furthor that | | just before his arrest Neeley left an en- | velope contalning 00 upon his (Reeves) | an treasurer th had desk, telling him to fix up the accounts. Reeves sald he afterward gave this money | to General Wood, telling him that Neeloy | had been stealing, s the Couxh nud Works OF the O ld, Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No cure, no pay. Price cents. Beaver Clity Papers olldate, BEAVER CITY, Neb., Jan. 10.—(Spocial Telegram.)—The Timés and Tribune an- | nounce in their fssues today that the Times | has beeh purchased by the Merwin Pub- Jishing company, publisher of the Tribune, And ‘the two papers will be consolidated. | The reason given 14 that the present patron- | not support twe papers. The Times: was the oldest paper in western Nebraska, having been published twenty- | seven years. Eeren o Pay. | Your drugglst Will retund your money it | PAZ0 OINTMENT-fails to cure Ringworm, Tetter, Old Ulcers and Sores, Pimples. end Blackheads, on the face,,and all skin dis- wases; b0 cents, M'COOK, Neb., - Jan. 10.—(Spectal Tele- | gram.)—Edwin Bllls, an employs in the ! Burlington roundhouse at McCook, slipped and fell before an engine in the house early this morning and was run over. His left leg was frightfully crushed and he died during an operation at noon, ——— e = Doctors not seldom give up a case, but & mother never does. While life lasts, while there is a spark of vitality which love's labor may fan into g flame, she toils untiringly for the child she brought into the world, And sometimes where } the doctors fall the wother succeeds. She has no prejudices. Any means she will use which will save her child. The mother's prescrip- tion given below is a case in point. Her daughter was given up by phy cians as suffering from an incurable disease, called “wasting of the digestive organs.” The mother pre- scribed Dr, Pierce's Gold- en Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription,” and had the happiness of seeing her daughter estored to perfect ealth. Dr. Pierce's Golden' Medical Discovery cures diseases of the Stomach and oth- er organs of di- gestion and, nutrition. Jt is a nerve- nourishing, ‘flesh - forming medicine — making new blood and new life, “Golden Medical Discovery " contains no aleohol and it is absolutely free from opium, cocaine and all other narcotics, [t is a true temperance medicine. of Arlington, Washiogton Co ken very sick and had several writes Mra. C 'I,. Harrison, of Rlk City, s Co., Nebr, They could not du her any mother the; ould not come Gould help wer. that she She had ng of the eative organs.’ My mother said to my slster ell, 1 almost know that Dr. Pierce's ines will cure her.' 8o she bought bottles— ihree of *Qolden Medical Diacovery' three of Vavorite Prescription. and some of the Pel- | iets. ' and now my sister {s a well woman “We thank you for your medicine.” Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, in paper covers, is sent free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay expense of mailing only. 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