Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 19, 1902, Page 2

TELEPHON ES 618-604. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: (retting Ready ..... For the new spring styles is what makes our January selling so interesting. The New Foulard Silks Are Here-- Foulards--they are beauties, all new and the colors the very latest. In silk elegance Cheney Bros’ TFoulard silk, stand alone, exquisite in design, beautiful in color, coming from the world’s foremost manufae: turer of high grade silks. All the styles shown at our sllk de- partment are confined exclusively to us for our trade. Not a mere hand- ful to show you-—over one hundred styles awaiting your Inspection at our siik counter. Nothing should be al- lowed to interfere with a first cholce. Come and ste them CHENEY BROS. 24-inch Handsome Twilled Satin Finished Foulard Silk —our spectal price—T6c a yard. CHENEY BROS.' 24-in¢h Printed Satin Liberties—$1.00 a yard. CHENEY BROS.' 24-inch Printed Peau de Sole—3$1.00 & yard. CHENEY BROS,' 2-inch Satin Broche Foulard, best quality made, all ex- clusive styles—$1.35 a yard. THE NEW FRENCH CHALLIS ARE HERE. Over one hundred styles—ready for your inspection. From the dainty satin stripe to the more plain staple, substantial ‘kinds; just the required material for the soft, clinging gown. We can ahow you all the new things in this class of goods. Monday Speclals in Our Flannel Department— All our 15¢ flannelettes; all our 124c flannelettes; all' our 10¢ fleece lined flannelette, now at T§c per yard. All of our imported Swansdown on now at 15c yard. All of our 76¢ Imported French Flan- nels at 60c yard. All.of our 8¢ imported French Flan- nels now at 69c yard. L until this matter has been given sifting.” Hascall Pats Prot: Councilman Hascall protes‘ed against summoniog the merchants béfore thd board and insisted that the councilmen have no right to make an attack upon the jobbing ‘Interests of the city. ‘‘Any such move will Injure Omaha as a distributing center,’ sald. ‘“We want to build Omaha up and the only way to do It is by dealing consider- ately with the wholesalers who have located d are dolng so much to advertise a thorough A protest agalnst the motion of Mr, Zim- man was filed by Councilman Lobéck. He that {t Is not right to single out @& few of the jobbers and owners of large smounts of personal property and at- tempted to have the motion amended in ich & manner that all jobbers and own- ere of personal property may be called be- fore the board. His amendment falled. bowever. Hoye Strikes for Acreage. ‘Councliman Hoye urged that the motion be amended in such a manner that own- ere of large tracts of acre property within the city may be summoned and insist:d that big dealers In real estate who holds Iand in large tracts and sell it In small lots to homebullders are shirking ta) After the fallure of all smend the Zimman motlon Wi the unantmous vote of the council. attempts to which will be investigated: M, E. Bmith company, $80,000; Boston store, $60,000; McCord-Brady company, $68,- 206; Deering Harvester company, $8,500; Parlin, Orendorft & Martin company, $12, 000; Paxton & Gallagher company, $80,000; Browning, King & Co., $16,000; Herman $64,075; A. L. Reed, $600; Alvin estate,’ $625; Guy O.. Barton, $4.800; H. W. Yates, $1,150; E. A. Cudahy, carried by the mercantile firms named above, E. M. Fairfield of the water com- timated that the firms are paying taxes on from 3 to 19 per cent of the stock which they actually carry. The Deering Harvester:company s supposed to be the worst offender. It pays taxes on $8,500, a sum which would Indicate that the actual value of fts personal property is $21,260. The amount of Insurance carried by the com- pany 18 sald to be $225,000, Granting that this covers 80 per cent of the value of its stock, the total ‘value of the stook Is $281,- 250. The amount. on which the company pays taxes is 8 per cent of this sum. At the suggestion of Counciimen Mount the Board ‘ot Bqualization agreed te receive no protests after 5 Saturday afternoon, it being understood that this agreement is not to Interfere with the summoning of men sements the board may care to Mary Thompson, allas Minnie Schrader, who last summer plagied people living in th vieinity of Falrmount™ park. suncl . by sleeping in the park a - ting her 004" trof the fce’ boxes of Ih dents quring the nient, was arrcsie last night or belng drank. — - Eozema Some call it tetter, milk crust or from It 1s sometimes In- lications are resorted to— [0 The o At quired and nm-.::fi'm'moflbrfi removed. thelr | going into all phai Special Sale of Dressing Sacques — | Monday morning we place on sale the balance of our eider- down dressing sacques, the gar- ments are perfect in every way and the styles are new. THESE REDUCTIONS: All our $1.00 and $1.25 Sacques—re- duced to 50c each. All our $1.50 Bacques each. All our $2.00 and $2.50 Sacques—re- duced to $1.00 each. All our $3.00 Sacques—reduced to $1.50 each. ’ All our $5.00 Sacques-—reduced to $2.50 each. Tallored Suits $10 Each- - Monday morn- ing your choice of any suit we have at $10 - each—they have eold at 818, $22 and $25—we have just fourteen of them left, 80 come early and get a bar- gain. We will also sell the balance of our Flaunel Waists—regular prices from $2.60 to $6.00—~your cholfce Monday morning at $1.00 each. reduced .to 75¢ Every one knows what thi le me: ~—every sult and walet must be sold before our new spring line arrives, Speclal Remnant Sale— Table Linen and odd half dozen Napkins. Monday morning we will place on sale all our remnants of Bleached and Unbleached Table Linen and odd % dozen Napkins, lated during our great linen sale—at such low prices that will close them out quick. Our Speclal January Sale of House- | 4 \ keeping Linens [ Always exam- ine the D quality of P linens and insist upon veliability. The |linens we sell have been care- fully bought—they are stocky —have good heft, and are of that sturdy quality that tells in the long run. Speclal] Sale of our $1.50 Bleached Damask at 98¢ per yard. Speclal Sale of our $1.65 Damask at $1.10 per yard. Speclal Sale of our 65c Bleached Damask at 46¢ per yard Speclal Bale of our $3.75 Bleached Table Cloths at $2.08 each. Speclal Sale of our $6.00 Bleached Table Cloths at $4.50 each. Bpecial Sale of our $3.50 Bleached Table Cloths at $2.50 each. Special Sale of 45c Huck Towels at 25c each. Special Sale of our 25c Huck Towels at 19¢ each. Speclal Sale of our $2.76 Bleached Nap- kins at $1.98 a dozen. Bleached kins at $2.98 a domen. Speclal Sale of our $6.00 Bleached Nap- kins at $3.75 a dozen. Corset Sale— An odd and end sale of cor- sets. Nothing but approved corsets get into this stock. Hence a clear-out of odd lots and broken sizes is most interesting, it lets one buy really desirable Cor- sets at prices as littlé one ever pald for even poor sorts. All are standard makes. Dr. Warne B.), Thomson's Glove Fittin wero $1.00, $1.25 and $1.50 duced to 60c. “Sizes are broken—sizes 18, 25, 26, up to size 30—price 50c each. THoMPSON, Beioen 3.Co. 7. M. 0. A. BUILBING, GOR. FAVORS THE PANAMA OFFER Rapert of Isthmian Oanal Oommissien @iven to President. CONGRESS WILL GET THE RESULT MONDAY ‘While No Positive Statement is Made, It 1s Concluded that French Com- Proposition s Recommen WASHINGTON, 18.—The supple- mental report of the Isthmian canal com- mission on the proposition of the Panama Canal company to dispose of its property to the United States for $40,000,000 was delivered to President Roosevelt this even- ing. The members of the committee refuse to discuss the nature of the report and like reticence was maintained at the White House, but it is stated on good authority that the report unanimously recommends that tho offer of the Panama company be | \-ceemem i The report, it is said, is very voluminous, of the question and attempting to meet the objections that legal complications will arlse out of the adopted by | purchase or that there will be any fnter- |48 third Below (pnational dificulties should the deal be con- 18 a partial list of the personal assessments | gummated. The compl bout 6 p. m. toda; signed by the members of the commission, was carried by Admiral Walker, chaifman of the commission, to Secr tranamitted it to the president. will gend the report to congress the first of the week, probably Monday. Report is Comprehensive, The report goes fully inta the steps which must be taken in order to insure a perfeot title to the United Btates, for in addition to the present Panama Canal company, the old organization and the Colombian gov- ernment must be reckoned with. The re- port finds, however, It sald, that the new company can give & clear title. It s ated the report when the commission made Its recent report favoring the Nica: raguan route no offer to sell to thia gov- ernment had been made by the Panama company. The offer of $40,000,000 made in behalf of the company by M. Lampre, it is sald, changed the situation completely. It Is turther stated that the report shows that a little over 1,000 shares of Panama rallroad stock is owned by individuals ou sid¢ the Panama Canal company and that these can be purchased for a comparatively small sum. Other obstacles to the sale, the report says, also have been removed. Favors Darien Route. INDIANAPOLIS, Ji 18.—J. Clyde Power, superintendent of parks of this city, wha as a clvil engineer with Lieutenant River xplorer, made surveys for al and is an advocate of the so-called Darien route and has plans which, hc says, are to be lald before the president and the government autborities at Wi port was that steps have been taken toward the or- sanization of & gigantic stock company for the promotion of the project under his di- rection. Mr. Power's observations are in the form of motes from officlal surveys made by & party of which he was & member, and the that the route he proposes Is best and cheapest of con- nts features pot ed by no one of the other proposed rout By the route he advocates from deep water of the Pacific to deep water of the Atlantic ocean the distance Is ouly twenty- nine miles, while from high tide on the struction | Pagific to high tide on the Atlantic the dis- tance s only eighteen miles. The pro- posed* route terminates in good harbo hath aides, FIVE MILLIONS FOR THE SIOUX South Dakotan Me: e to ment of This Am y Government, (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—(Special Tele- gram.)—The South Dakota delegation in- tends to urge the passage of a bill pro- viding for the payment of $5,000,000 to the Sloux Indians of the state, due them un- der treatles with the government made some years ago, providing that after their lands were opened for settlement they should receive at the expiration of ten years G0 cents an acre for what remained. The ten-years' period expired February 10. 1t was stated at the interior department that Secretary Hitchoock will not reverse his order dismissing Agent Hardin of Yank- ton. Secretary Hitchcock clalms a review of the case convinces him that he acted in accordance with the evidence presented. It bas been the intention of the officials to abolish Yankton agency, but the South Dakotans do not think this will be done. 1t is likely they will again call the atten- tion of President Roosevelt to this matter. The senate committee on public bulldings and grounds has reported favorably on Senator CIArk’s bill appropriating $100,000 tor a public bullding at Evanston, Wyo. Gustav Ayres of Nebraska has resigned in the patent office. Nebraska — Washington, Washington county, Henry Christensen, vice J, N, Fiteh, resigned lowa—Herndon, Smith. John W. Peck of Topbar w: Guthrie county, R. C. to Nevila, 8. D. FREE TRADE WILL DO JUST NOW Pollcy of Demoecra However, U mately is to Demand Independ- ence for Filipinos, ‘WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The democratic members of the senate committee on the Philippines were in consultation for sev- eral hours today over thelr proposed sub- stitute proposition for the Philippine tariff bill. They are agreed on all the essential features of their position. In general they say they will recommend that in the end provision should be made giving the Fill- pinos thelr independence, but i the mean- time providing for free trade between the United . States and the Philippine archi- pelago such as maintained ‘between the United States proper and other territories. PRESIDENT RECEIVES PRUSSIAN Ohtef Execative Meets Royal Privy Councillor of Com- merce. WASHINGTON, Jan. 18.—The today received Mr. Ludwig Max Goldbs lvou Holeben, the German ambassador. * SUBSTANTIAL FLESH and good Brains are made from Grape-Nuts Sold by grocers Special Sale of our $3.75 Bleached Nap- awarded the | contract for carrylng the mail from Topbar | president r of Berlin, the Prussian royal privy counetl- lor of commerce who was presented by Mr. e ‘l..'l [ K1 K4 EJ 4 K4 0' oNORoNONONONOR SUNDAY, BEB, JANUARY 19, 1002, Knitted Underwear— {1 These prices should bring | many buyers. Women's wool | and silk vests, tights to match | Colors pink, blue or cream-—reduced from 31.50 to $1.00 per garment, Women's Merino Swiss Ribbed Vests and Pants—color natural or cream— reduced from $1.25 to $1.00 ver gar- ment. ‘Women's Natural Wool Vests Pants—Flat goods, goud welght soft-reduced from $1.00 to 76c garment, Men's Heavy Cotton Ribbed Shirts and Drawers—Made with a light fleecing; colors blue or tan—reduced from 50c to 20¢ per garment. All lines of Men's Underwear that sold at $1.00 reduced to 65c per garment— sizes are broken. {Art Needle Work— | Special Announcement— |+ We have again been fortu. | nate in securing a date with Mr. |Torayo Katow, the Japanese |artist, for two weeks. He will be at our store from Monday, | January 27, to, February 8, inclusive, and will give free Instructions in art needlework, using Belden Bros.' Em-. broidery Silks. Lessons will be given on our maln floor and al] interested are invited to join Embrol- deries — It is be- coming more and more the custom among women to arrange for the early making up of summer garments, before the heated season sets in. This has a double advantage, for just now the embroldery stock Is very complete with cholce new things, and it 1s always a eatisfaction to be able to select from matched sets; several widthe of « kind. Fashion dictates large designs for the correct styls, but many women prefer amaller neat patterns, so we have provided both that all may be suited. Cambric, Nainsook and Swiss Edgings, Insertin, Allovers and Tuckings, in great variety. B our window display. Watch the remnant basket. EARTHQUAKE 1S REPEATED Sbeok Osuses Greas Dissster te Life and Preperty. and and per BUILDINES ARE RAZED TO THE GROUND Wor ers Flee in Dismay Church Time to Esc Burial Beneath the from MEXICO CITY, Jan. 18~—Chilpancingo, the capital of the state of Guerrero, has had two days of indescribable panic and consternation, for yesterday there came a repetition of the earthquake shock of Thureday, rasing to the ground many houses spared In the first earthquake. The people are camping out on the Alameda and in the flelds. Hundreds of families are ruined. The bulldings destroyed include the barracks of the Seventeenth battalion, trom which the soldlers were marched out quickly, thus saving thelr lives. The school buildings were wrecked, but quickly the children were saved, their teachers having rare presence of mind and | 8iving the order for them to march to the street when the first trembling of the earth began on Thursday. The parish church, which has been repaired, having | been Injured fn a recent earthquake, was | destroyed. When the shock began the church was nearly filled with worshipers, who fled in dismay, women being knocked down by men. Fortunately, all had gafned the street when the heavy stone arches fell in. It fs belteved every one escaped, although soldlers are removing the debris, which Is plled in great heaps. | Governor and Staft Escape. Governor Mora and his staft escaped from the state palace In time to o themselves and proceeded to save the wounded and panic-stricken populace. The statue of General Nicholas Bravo was thrown down and the town government bullding was so badly cracked that its fall is .momentarily expected. Great fissures Fun across the streets. The church of San Mateo, in one of the outer districts, was nearly destroyed. Among the dead already found are four young men and two younsg girls. The llst of gravely wounded Is & long one, includ- Ing many prominent citizens. A list of the dead and wounded hag not been glven out yet. At the town of Clipa many bulldings were wrecked and three persons were killed outright, while four were Injured. In the towns of Tixtla and Marchitlan many bulldings were cracked. At Qula several bulldings fell in and there was general wreckage In shops, At Zumpango del Pilo three persons were badly Injured and the prison town hall, school and court bulldings are wrecked. The whole region affected by the earth- quakes of Thursday and Friday has been the seat of marked slesmic movements for soveral years. WOMAN IS SAVED BY NEGRO Al d Murderess of Husband Re- lea, n Witn, R to Testify. JACKSONVILLE, Ill., Jan. 18.~On mo- tlon of the state's attorney, the case against Mrs. Mamle Barnes, charged with the mur- der of her husband In the state asylum for the Insane, was dismissed this afternoon, Thie action was taken as & result of the refusal of Willlam Ferguson, the negro convicted of carrying the poison to Dr. Barnes, to testify agalnst Mrs. Barn The district bad no case without Fergu- ®on's testimony and as he is to ask for a new trial himself he could refuse to testify on the ground that he might imcrimimate ‘himself, JANUARY 19, 1902. RECORD CAPTURE BY POLICE Arroat of Limeriok and Williami Plece of Woerk PRISONER UNBOSOMS » ate Clrcumata; Him to Ald in Ho Cole's Plac SELF TO CHIEF Counell - Blufts De Exp) How ces Drove ng Up The arrest of Robert Limerick and Frank Willlams for holding up the inmates and stealing the money box ffom the upstairs room over Cliff Cole's, Saturday morning, was ofie of the quickets pleces of work on recotd for the Omaha police. At 3:30 o'clock a telephone me e to the station ated that a robbery was in progress; at 8:35 the patrol wagon full of officers left the station, drove from Eleventh and Dodge streets to 1409 Douglas street. The off- the station with them at 3:50 o'clock, the wagon being absent only fifteen minutes. In a talk with Chief of Police Donahue Saturday afternoon, Limerick, who gave the name of Frank Jones at the time of his arrest, told the story of the robbery and his part in it as follows: "I live at Tenth and 1 streets, Council Bluffs. I met Wil- llams at Ames, Neb, five weeks ago. Both of us were hard up and soon became inti- mate, 1 couldn't make a living for my family and was much discouraged, and Wil- llama seemed as bad off as I was. One day he sald to me: ‘I know where we can pick up $1,000 by the use of a little nerve and a couple of revolvers.' I told him 1 would have nothing to do with any gun play; that I had suffered cnough on that account. Conwents to the Plot. “Things kept going to the bad and I be- came desperate and finally told Willlams I in for anything to get hold of some money. 1 wanted to keep my family from arving. We planned to do the Job Friday ght a week ago, but my nerve failed at the st minute and we postponed it until last Friday night. Thursday Willlams went to the place and got the lay of the land. Fri- day morning I pawned my overcoat at the shop of Silas Snyder of Council Bluffs and got a revolver. I then borrowed another revolver from a neighbor named Peterson and early in the afternoon we started for Omaha, having just enough money to pay carfare. We loafed around town until time for the robbery and managed to keep out of sight of the police. After the robbery, when the police were chi us, 1 prayed to myself that one of them would kill me. 1 would rather have been killed than be where I am now."” Last night Mrs. Limerick and her baby called at the jall and the woman had a talk with her husband. She informed the Mcers that she was in destitute circum- ances. Bince admitting that he was one of the robbers Willlams has refused to say anything in regard to himself or the rob- bery. Chilef of Police Hayes of Kansas City yesterday telegraphed Chief Donahue to send him a photograph of each of the men. He believes they are the men who held up and robbed a pool room in that city some time ago. The men were photographed yesterday. Limerick's Bad Record. In October, 1894, Limerick was arrested, in company with others, charged with rob- bing & Wabash freight car on the Union Pacific tracks, On turning state’s evidence he wi mtenced to two years in the per itentlary at Fort Madison. The sentence ‘was suspended in November, 1885, and Lim. erick released. February 4, of last year, Governor Shaw restored to Limerick his civil rights. Chiet Donahue wrote a letter highly com- mendatory to Officers Jorgensen, McCarthy and Horne for thelr capture of the robbers. The letter will be sent to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners. Limerick is about 43 years old, feet one and one-half inches in ure, slender, of dark complexion, with a dark brown mustache. He wore a cap, a dark suit of clothes and an overcoat. He bas a wife and two children living at Tenth and I streets, Council Bluffs. Of the man giving the name of Willlams less is known. No member of the police force remembers having seen him Dbefore. He is about 35 years of age, five feet ten inches in stature, light complexion, smooth face and of a rather stout build. He also wore a cap and a dark sult of clothes, but no overcoat. Both men have an unwashed and generally dilapidated appearance. For Stealing Package of Meat Mary Morrissey was arrested last nizht n the act of stealing a package of meat rom the meat market of A. Moskovits, ixteenth and Davenport streets. Pa ages of meat had besn prepared for et tomers who had sent In orders, and Mary took & package as she loft the shop. READ THIS FRE Sexual debility is the curse of man- hood today. People do not talk about it to one another, but its victims are on every hand. They are known to every wise observer, because the symptoms are unmistakable and cannot be con- cealed. This insidious disease Is pull- ing down thousands of men who should at thelr time of life be in full possession of the superb attributes of manhood. 1t Is sad to see men fall in power, as 80 many d0, at just the time when they are able to command the sweets and lusts of life and to enjoy them. You are older now and can look back and see the mistakes you have made tire and vigor of the springtime of robust man- | but you cannot bring back the hood. Have your errors and excesscs ravaged your system and undermined your nerve force? Quickness, back- ache, nervousness and debilitating drains or worn-out, shrunken and life- less organs are making your life a mis- erable existence devoid of pleasure, You hesitate and falter; you are not the man you once were, and you know it. 1 can understand just how you feel In your own mind, the loathing at times and the hopelessness and disgust, your Iack of energy and magnetism and of cers captured the robbers and returned to | NEELEY SAYS REEVES LIES Ing False Testimony and Snys He is Crany. HAVANA, Jan, 18.~When the trial of the cases resulting from the Cuban postofce frauds was resumed in the Audencia cour today the cross-examination of C. F. W. Neeley, ex-chief of the bureau of finance, was continued | Neeley sald that his “OK" on bills under the miscellaneous accounts only -l:nlfivd‘ that the goods had been recoived. None of | Rathbone's private bills for receptions | glven at EI Cerro, Havana, the witness | 8aid, were paid from the postal funds. | Neeley denfed telling C. M. Rich, his firat assistant, that he (Neeley) had saved Rath- bona $5,000 by Including his private accounts | with those of the Postal department. He | also denfed that he had entered into a con- spiracy with Reeves and Rathbone to de- | fraud by issuing duplicate warrants. Ho sald all the warrants were drawn in Reeves' office. They might have been cashed in the postofice or in a bank. Neeley was confronted with Reeves three | times. He maintained perfect composure |and evaded no questions, explaining all | traneactions clearly and giving Reeves the lie direct. When Neeley denied that he had forged the names to the warrants Reeves was put upon the stand to reiterate the statement previously made that either he or Neeley had forged the name. He looked Reeves in the eye and bade him to repeat the statement. This Reeves refused to do. Neeley's lawyer then asked the eourt to appoint experts to examine the signature, with the object of discovering the forger. The flscal objected to this step, but the court sald it would not grant the request, Reeves again confronted Neeley with the statement that Neeley told him when he was departing for the United States In September, 1899, that he was taking with him $8,000 which he had collected on du- plicate warrants, The court asked Neeloy what he had to say to this, and he replied that Reeves was crazy and that he would show to the court that Reeves was not with him under the clrcumstances re- lated The court MINE WORKERS’ BIG MEETING Delegates Arc Assembling for Prob- ably Largest Labor Conven- tion on Record, then adjourned. INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 18.—Several hun- dred delegates have already arrived here to attend the thirteenth annual convention of the United Mine Workers of America, which opens Monday morning. Fear is expressed that the convention will be un. wieldy, as it is believed there will be over 1,000 delegates, making it the largest con- vention ever held by organized labor. President Mitchell will preside. Bon Tel- lett, the famous English labor leader, will arrive tonight, to be the guest of the miners until Thursday. President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor also may visit the convention. It 1s understood that the miners will present a demand of at least 10 per cent increase over the wages they now recelve, but it is almost equally true that the oper- ators will make a stubborn resistance, many of them claim they are either oper- ating at a loss or at a very small profit. The miners also will ask for an extension of the run-of-the-mine b in the di tricts where the screen basis now prevall The fact that the miners have failed to unionize West Virginia may prevent them from getting an Increase at the present, as the operators of Pennsylvania, Ohlo, In- diana and Illinois claim that the West Vir- ginia operators, who pay nonunion wages are enabled to undersell them. The sit- uation in West Virginia probably will re- celve considerable attention, as the miners are determined to unionize the state. BOERS DENY RUMORS OF PEACE Say Negotiations Are Not Pending and Assign Sinister Motives LONDON, Jan. 18.—~Dr. Leyds, the. repre- sentative in Europe of the Tranevaal, ac- cording to a dispatch trom Amsterdam to Reuter’s Telegram company, held a confer- ence today with the Boer delegation at The Hague at the house of Mr. Wolmerans. No officlal statement bas been given out, but there Is the best authority for asserting that the conference was merely a periodical meeting. The dispatch saye the reports of peace are ridiculed by the Boers themselves, who say such stories are simply fabricated by Briysh agents with a view to English pub- Meation, hoping to turn them to advantage in South Africa. The Boers deny that any negotlations are In progress. Dr. Leyds left tonight for Utrecht. FREE HELP TO 'FRANCE 1S LEFT TO GUESS | Accuses Hin Former Associnte of Give | Gots No Light frem Prem Pelioy of Gevernment. MINISTER OF COMMERCE DEFENDS CAPITAL | Declares Soc Themaelven Are to Blame for Obatruction of Their Wreatles with Ownership, Progreas—Pa Gan (Copyright, 1902, by Prees Publishing Co.) PARIS, Jan. 18.—(New York World Cable. gram—Special Telegram.)—~Premier Wal deck-Rousseau's speech at 8t. Etienne dis appointed expectations. Instead of being an important declaration for the govern- ment's further policy on the eve of the elec- tlons for members of the Chamber of Depu- to which the ministry is responsible, it was a rehearsal of what has been accom plished in the two years and a half the present cabinet has been in office, by far the longest tenure ever granted any French ministry. Waldeck showed that since the Dreyfus affalr convulsion order and security have been r ablished at home, whilo confidence and respect have been regained abroad. He asserted fhat the professional plotters against the republic have been so thoroughly squelched that the next election will certainly see such an increase In the republican majority that the royalists and imperialists and discredited factions will, for the first time in history, cease to count politically. Consequently, rapid democratic reforms will be an assured characteristic of the next legislature. Referring to the late law against re- liglous congregations, the premier aMrmed that the government will enforce It, and has already Instituted proceedings agalnst certaln Jesults who are trying to evade the law by passing secular clergy. Says Soc Hinder Themselves, The day after the premier's utterance Minister of Commerce Millerand made an- other great speech, in which he answered the bitter criticism of his party for having become a part of a “capitalistic” cabinet. Mr. Millerand claims that the socialists ob- struct thelr own progress by systematic refusal to participate in present Institu- tions. He belleves in a graduated quest of power. His being in the ministry has been for the working classes an immense benefit, he belleves, and he cited various Instances of it, principally in pending legislation for pensioning aged workmen. He predicted as a consequence of the ad- vertising and the discussing of the social- ists' principles, caused by his accession to power, that the coming elections wil re- turn twice the present number of socialistic representatives. The Prench campaigns reopened without in¢ident. The handsome Paul Deschannel ‘was re-elected president of the Chamber of Deputlies. The Paris municipal council is still wrest- ling night and day with the question of municipal cwnership of illuminatng gas when the present monopolistic franchise expires. The company seeking renewal of the franchise played a clever trick to in- fluence public opinion, offering immediately a 33 per cent reduction in the price now pald by consumers, if the monopoly is ex- tended fifty years from 1905. ‘The council is divided into two solld factions, forty natlonalists favoring re- newal and thirty-eight fighting tooth and nall agalnst ‘‘spollation.” ‘The council of the Department of the Beine has just voted to raise $40,000,000 by {ssuing public improvement bonds, of which $18,000,000 18 to be expended in Paris proper and $22,000,000 in the rest of the depart- ment. CHANCE FOR WINTER WHEAT Cendition ! in Kansas Are Not as lous as First Reports Indicated. TOPEKA, Kan, Jan. 18.—The present winter in Kansas is characterized by dry weather. In spite of this fact, the crop of winter wheat is not seriously Adamaged. Eminent authorities state that if a rafn or snow would come any time between now and March the crop would be as good as ever. 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