Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 7, 1902, Page 2

Which gives the court to understand that the boArd aesessed only the tangible prop- erty. to the court that the franchises valued and assessed, while in the face of the former answer they could not deny that theé franchises were left entirely out ©f the consideration, Following le the full text of the amended Answer: Text of the Anaweer, 1. 'That satd relrond‘nll in pursuance of dutiés and a8 required hi‘ the statutes the state of Nebraska, dld meet as a rd of Equalization on the 5th day of ay 1902, at the office of the auditor of ublie Bccounts in the eity of Lincoin, and en and there did proceed to periorm the uties imposed upon them sitting as a tate Board of Equalization for the state of Nebraska. 3 That prior to the bolding of eafd meet- ing By wsald bodrd, the several raliroad companies named Jn eald alternative writ, 1o wit: The Burlington & Missourl River Ratitedd company in Nebrasks, and the veral lines leased by, belonging to, oper- ted or controlled by the Chicago, Bur- {ington & Quiney Raliroad company; the nlori . Pacifio Railroad company and the several lines of rallroad owned, lensed or tentrolled by sald Union Pacific Rafiroad gompany and operated In the state of Ne- braska; the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missour! Jelisy, Railzoad company and the Chicago, . Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Rafiway company’ the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa- ¢ific Rallway eompany and the lines owned, leased or controlled and operated by it in the state of Nebraska; the Missourl Pa- cifie Rallway dompany and the lines owned, leased or controlled and operated by it in the state of Nebraska, and all other rallroad companies doing business within sald state and opérating, ownifg or leas- ing lines of railroad within sald staté; the Westerni Unfon Telegraph company and the Postal Telegraph company. by their proper officers respectively, listed and returned to the auditor of publie accounts fot assessment and taxatfon verified by oath, all the property of every character belonging to sald rajiroad, telegraph and also sleeping car companies within the ate of Nebraska, on the ist day of April ear 10%, lncluding the number of sueh rhilroad and telegraph line in each ovgantzed county In the state of Nfizlfllk the total number of miles In te, Including the roadbed, right of ay and superstructure thereon, main and sidetracks, depot bulldings and d grounds, section and tool houses, rolling stock and personal property necessary for the construction, repalts —or suvecessful operation of sald rallroad and telegraph lines within sald state of Nebraska, ex- gept property agsessable by the local as- jors, where ¢ituate, as required by law where any of sald raliroad com: panles used or operafed sleeping or dining cars in the state, not owned by such rail- 44 companies, ihe number of such sleep or alning cars, so used by éach of companies, for each month of the year {hding.and inciuding, the ist day of April 1902; Including the number of miles each month that such cars have been run or operated within the state, and the total number of miler that such' cars have been run and operated each month within and ‘without the state, and the owner or owners of such cars were reported and 1isted ‘with the auditor of public accounts w the P““m.g mmpln)’E for assessment d State Board of Equalization, Weaton Obtains Facts. « 3 That one ot the respondents herein, Chari top, the auditor of the staté of {a also obtain all the facts and information reiating to the valuation of the properties belonging respectively (o raflroa panies in the state of Nebraska in such manner as appeared most likely the true and correct values thereof, and did have the sume in his office, together with the Information furnished as stated in ragraph 2 hereof by the different rafl- ad and telegraph companies respectively and by the Pullman company as stated in #aid paragraph 2 hereof, and the same wis presented on and before May 6, 14, gether with other and additional tnforma- tion furnished by said raiiroad compan‘es and_ telegraph lines to sald board at its meeting aforesaid, and said board did then Ta there eénter upon the cosideration of %he valuation of the properties of all kinds ‘awned: by sald raliroad, telegraph and glegning car companies, within (he state of ebraska, from and after Apell 1, 1901 to and inoluding Aprll 1 1903; and thereafter on May 16, 102, did assess' the value of all the properties 'of sald raliroad, telegraph and tltepln, car companiés respectively in the state of Nebraska in the manner re- : by law. In making up such valua tlon or assessment the raid State Board zation did examine and consider the Ieturps made by the respcctive rail- road and telegraph companies named, and also the report made by the Pu! %ot n; sleeping cars lring said period, and did consider in con- nection therewith reliabls information ob- tained trom any and all other sources. All of which was done under and by virtue of the powers conferred upon said State Board of Equalization by law. Assert Revenues Were Considered. 4, That sald respondents eitting as such Board of ualization performed and com- pleted the duty of assessing the properties of sald rallroad, leu(r ph and sleepin, cht cqmpaniss on the 16th day of May, 1902; that fn arriving at the vajuation of the ral properties of sald respective com- rl for assessment and taxation within state Nebraska, id Board of ualization considered 'the fact that said companies and each of them were actually engaged in using and operating all of their perties In the performance of the duties neumbent upon them and each of them by law to perform, and in transacting the business for which they and each of them were licorporated; and al.o consldered the revenues. and earnings of said companies from the use and eperation of thelr sev. eral properties: and ‘thersupon, atter full consideration of sald matters, each of the properties of sal pective companies was valued as a unit for sald purposes of as- sessment And tAxation. 5. Respondents further represent that the items mentioned in the nregolnr para- Kraphs are thé matters and things which Rebpondents took Into consideration in -nzvlnfi t the value of the property of the said rallway, telegraph, sieeping and dining {ar Sompanies for the purpose of taxation; hat #ald respondents did not believe that the law d.flmn1 the ;nwerl and u of the respondent board it had au- ority to value and assess extra corporate of said companies separately and i rom their, tangible property and 1e submit the facts that were actually into consideration by sald board in gartormance of its sa.. duty. , making further answer herein, these mrondnnu deny each and every al- legation in sald alternative writ con(n{n-d. not. herein| pecifically admitted, Ana'lod or otherwise answered. erefore these respondents submit to this honorable court that said State Board Equalization pertormed ite tull duty in o l. coneideratios nd assessment of & different pro) of the several railroad, telegraph and sleeping business within said state of Ne- 1l fore &= bri PROPERTY DAMAGE IS HEAVY ‘Hendreds of Tho of Dollars' Loss by Overflow of Kan Streams. Kai June 6.-~The loss dred thousand dollars. There h loss of lfe and both rivers are falling. Bast of here, where {he Cottonwood jolns the Neosho, farms for miles around are completely submerged by from one to six Standing on & hill in the northern part of town one cal see a waste orth and feot of water. of water extending for miles east,. In several places swift and wheat swift curre Cottonwood and jolns Dry Creek, miles with deep me of the homes near in boats. ' Humors take L of the body, and R b pteuig vp e what Bot. cause more suffering than anything are et o el ls, by Hoeod's Sarsaparilla T ok bAnEe oy s whol System P The rallroad attorneys may now say were t | military telegraph and sieeping car com- | to secure | to- | an ‘com- | d in this state | to property by the overflow of the Neosho and Cottopwood rivers amounts to several hun. been no currents leave the mala course and cut across the coun- try, devastating hundreds of acres 'of corn their paths. South of here a leaves the maln course of the about three miles south, surrounding a territory runniog X the river bottoms families have been rescued READY NOW ‘FOR CIVIL RULE Bhould Take the Place of the Military in Philippines. OPINION OF ACTING GOVERNOR WRIGHT All Portions of the Archipelago Are Sufficiently Pacified to War- rant a Government by ~ Civil OfMeers. WASHINGTON, Jutie §.—gecretary Root today made public the following cablegram from Acting Goversor Wright of the Philip- pines: p MANILA, May 3, 1002 —Secretuty of War Root, Wathington: With reference to your cablegram of the 16th, outside of Moro country the only “portion of archipelago not orgenized and under civil government are: Lapanto, Bontoe, Batangas, Lagina, Principe, Infanta, Mindoro, Bamar and the Paraguan and . other small groups. No armed reslstance in afy.of them Ng feason, 8o {ar as relates to peacetul conditions, why ~¢lvil government in all may not be now establiahed. Special gov- ernments for Bonfoc. and Lepanto, in- habited exclusiyély by: peaceful Igorrotes, will be organizéd in_ a few days. Wil organize civil goverament in Laguna im- mediately. Bathfigas, formerly organized, | was turned over (o military authorities by Philippine commigalon. ~ Act No. will repeal eume to (af gct July 4. nly reason for.not.&lving act immediate | | effect is that many people ip this province have ounly . regantly teturhed to their homes, ard it grdef fo prevent possibility of suffering think ‘best to have military | look atter them until date named, because latter havo perféctod organfzation which civil authorities lack. | Crops now being pianted will mature by | August 1. Whilst Principe and_ Infanta | could be rrg-nlud t once, dificult to | look after them fmtil we receive vessels now bullding, say by ‘Beptember 1; fow inhabitants and unimportant. Mindoro and Paraguan group are large isiands, sparsely | inhabited_and difieult of access without vessels. For this feason think best to leave temporarily in charge, becauee they have transportation facilities, Under Spanish regime Bonfoe, Lepanto, Principe, infanta and the Paragudn group dld not have, provinelal government, but were commarided by military officers, and Mindoro was attached to Marindique. Major General Adna R. Chaffee concurs in above, ¥ WRIGHT. WITH ~ SITUATION England Congratulates Ttwelf Financial Status After Strain of Costly War. | PLEASED on LONDON, June 6.—Prior to the second reading of thé loan bill in the House of Lords today Lord Goschen, liberal, and a tormer chancellor of the exchequer, an- | nounced that he desired to say a few worde |on t financial position of the country. | Consols, which were now paying only 2% per cent, stood at 97. Before the conver- slon of 1883, 3 per cent consols stood at | 101. 1t they had been converted then, they would have been worth only 82, so that now the stock was really fifteen points higher. After a costly war and the borrowing of £150,000,000, the counrty might well eon- gratulate itself on a situation which showed such economic statements. The premier, Lord Salisbury, sald such words, coming from such a high authority, were very gratifying and would be widely read. BOERS CHEER FOR EDWARD | Over One Thousand Lay Down Armw | snd Best Possiblee Rel tions Exist. LONDON, June 6.—Lord Kitcheper, in 3 dispatch from Pretoria dated today, an- nounced that the Briteh commissioners in the various districts report that 1,154 Boers | 1aia down their arms yesterday. { Afterwards, the commissioners addressed the Boers who gave three hearty cheers for King Bdward. The best possible re- lations exist between the Boers and the British and there has been no hitch in the proceedings anywhere. | DEWET EXHORTS BURGHERS Urges Them to Show Britoms What Goad Colonists Boers Can Become, VREDEFORD ROAD, Orange River Col- | ony, June 8.—General Christian Dewet, ad- | dressing the inmates of the concentration camp here, explains the eircumstances lead- ing to the termination of hostilities ana urged the burghers to do their utmost to show Great Britaln what good colonists the Boers would make. The speech made a favorable effect. General Dewet's wite will join him here today. THINKS BOERS GOT TOO MUCH Baltour Says Pe Has Been Bought by Unnecessary Cone censions. LONDON, June é.—A. J. Balfour, the gov- ernment leader in the House of Commons, in & speech at a conservative banquet in London tonight, referred to the South | Atrican war. He said the load was only | now thoroughly realized and peace had been bought by unnecessary concessions. The contention ‘of the liberals, he contin- ued, that , might have been secured | & year ago, was untenable, because General | Botha then demanded indépendence. KRUGER IS TO BE EXCEPTED Owing to His Age He Need Not Acknowledge British Sovercigunty. . LONDON, June §.—~The Birmingham Post, the organ of Colonlal Secretary Chamber- lata, t says that, owing te his Infirmiti the British govermment has walved its clalm for the acknowledg- ment by Mr. Kruger of British sovereignty over the Trausvaal and has guaranteed to all the Boer delegates in Europe a safe conduct to their homes in South Africa. Not the Efficet of LONDON, June 6.—8ir Robert Giffen, the former president of the statistical society and former chief of the statiatical depart. ment of the Board of Trade, testifylng today before the House of Commons committee on steamship subsidies, sald the change in the position of British shipping, come pared with those of other countries, was due largely to circumstances apart from subsidization. There has been & dimimu- tion of British progress, while elsewhere, especially in Germany, there had been a great advance. The number of Americal Quite apart from those with the combine recently formed, had largely inereased ana s still increasing, and be regarded it as obvious that, notwithstauding the fact that the White Star Mne steamers were salling under the British fag, the United States government regards them as belng Ameri- and would be prepared to de fend them as property of American citi- wens. Bir Robert aléo sald he regardea subsidies 10 be & political ratber than an ‘economic question. pri— Countervailing Sugar Duty. SIMLA, Tedia, June 6.<The sugar bili, empowering \the government of India to mpose & tervailing duty on bountied sugar ustl Brussels convention be- comes eflectiv THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, The viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of Kedleston, in a speech, exhorted the re- finere to improve thelr methods and justity the protection provided by the counter- vailing duties imposed on bountied sugar As announced from Simla May 23, sugar shipped prior to that date will be exempt from duty. From Moroceo to Washington, MADRID, June 6.—Senor de Ojada, the tormer Spanish minister to Morocco, has been gazetted minister of Spain at Wash- ington, in succession to Duke de Arcos, who was appointed minister to Belgium. Senor B. J. de Cologan, former Spanish minister at Pekin, succeede Senor de Ojada at Tanglers King of Saxomy Very Il DRESDEN, Saxony, June 6.—The con- dition of King Albert of Saxony, who has been ill for some time, is today regarded as critical. BOILERMAKERS MAY STRIKE Demand More Wages and Threaten Serfous Congestion from M sissippl to Coast. SPOKANE, Wash., June 6.—A strike that may extend from the Miseissippl river to the Pacific coast is imminent unless con- cessions are made within the next twenty- four hours to the Great Northern railway bollermakers at Hillyard, a suburb of Spo- katffe, who have made a demand for an in- crease in wages. The machinists at Hill- yard are underetood to be In sympathy with the boilermakers and may back them If Docessary. The bollermakers at Hillyard have asked for an increase in wages of from $3.50 to $4 a day. Unless news Is received that the advance is granted it s announced that the bofler- makers will quit work tomorrow morning, seriously crippling the machine shops. It is understood here that the demand ex- tends throughout the entire system of the Great Northern rallway, tomorrow being the day chosen for action. The machinists at Hillyard, while not expected to quit work tomorrow, are understood to be in eympathy with the boilermakers. Latest reports from the Great Northern shops at Hillyard indicate that the threat- ened strike of bollermakers probably will be held back three or four days. A grievance committee has been namea to visit St. Paul and confer with the offi- clals. No walkout is expected here until its report is received. Ecszema No Cure, No Pay. Your druggist will refund your money 1t PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure Ringworm, Tetter, Old Ulcers and Sores, Pimples and Blackheads on the face, and all skin dis- eases. 50 cents. DEATH RECORD. Dr. Alfred L, Elder, Hebron. HEBRON, Neb., June 6.—(Special)—Dr. Alfred L. Elder, a settler of Thayer county, died here last evening, at 6 o'clock. He was born in Mercer county, Pennsyl- vania in 1853, came to Nebraska twenty years ago, and ever since has practiced medicine in Thayer county. He leaves a wife and three sons. The funeral will take place from the Methodist church Sunday morning, at 11 o'clock. Charles Love, Huron. HURON, 8. D. June 6.—(Speclal.)— ‘Wednesday evenii occurred the death of Charles Love, an early and respected resi- dent of this place. Mr. Love was about 60 years of age and was a member of Com- pany H, Ninety-second lllinois infantry. He and his family formerly resided in Rochelle, L. Prof. Emmett Goff. MADISON, Wis., June 6.—Emmett Goff, professor of horticulture at the University of Wisconsin, dled suddenly today. -Prof. Goft underwent an operation on Monday, but seemed to improve until yesterday, when he grew weaker. He was very prom- inent in educational eircles. Nathan C. Barlow, Hastings. HASTINGS, Neb., June 6.—(Spectal.)— The funeral of Nathan C. Barlow, who died Wednesday evening, was held at 4 o'clock this afternoon and was conducted under the auspices of the Grand Army of the Re- public post. Crowa is Dangerous. The chiet of the Wilkesbarre polics, with a squad of men, went to the colliery to ar- rest the guard, and after some trouble the chief and his men gained an entrance. They got their man, but the crowd on the outside was 80 large and so threatening that the police did not dare take him from the place. At a late hour the crowd was still hanging around the colliery. Shortly after the shooting the crowd sought vengence on the company's prop- erty and some set fire to a trestlework. The fire department was summoned and with considerable difficulty put out the blaze. At the Murray colliery, also operated by the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre company, in the eastern part of the city, a crowd of boys succeeded in buring about 400 feet of a high board fence that surrounds the com- pany's property. The fire department ex- tinguished the blaze. The chief of police made an investigation and finally placed the blame for the shoot- ing on four coal and iren policemen who were located mear the place where the shooting occurred. They were taken from tl colliery by a circultous route and landed at the lockup at midnight. Cleveland Plain Dealer have a friend,” sald a New Yorker, “who travels a good deal, and recently made a trip, accom- panied by his wife. She had read so much about hotel fires that she made him pur- ¢hase & rope ladder and' roll it up and carry it along in his trunk. “They were on the fourth floor of a southern hotel one night, when there was an alarm of fire. ‘You look after our valu- ables, John,' shouted the wife, as she jumped out of bed, ‘and I'll get the ladder.’ “She dived to the bottom of the trunk, grabbed the bundle, tore the end of the paper to make sure, and then turhed and threw the whole outfit out of the window, pearly hitting & backmen in the street. Fortunately there was no danger, and when the husband dressed and went down stairs for the vope he found that it was gone. Man with Nerve. New York World: Senator Burrows sat in his committee room when a man he knew slightly came in and asked for the loan of §1. He had a good story and the senator was inclined to give him the money, He found, though, that the small- est_money he had was a $2 bill. “You take this down to the restaurant, buy & 15-cent cigar, take §1 yourself and bring me the change,” sald the senator. 1o & few minutes the man came back, smoking & cigar, and handed the senator 85 cents. “Did you mean I was to have the cigar, t66?" he asked the Senator. The sepator was equal to the ency. “Certainly,” he said; “but mow that I comé to think of it 1 am sorry that I put a 15-cent limit on the o your nerve should never cost less than three for §i. Get eut!" rg- BASIS OF TAFT'S MISSION Instructions by Root to Guide in Vatioan Negotiations Sent to Oongress, FAIR DEALING KEYNOTE OF DIRECTIONS Separation of Church and State Im- perative and Rea: le Compen~ sation for Friar Lands Must Be Heeded. WASHINGTON, June 6.—Secretary Root sent today to the Philippines committee of the senate and house the actual coples of the instructions given by him to Governor Taft for his guidance in dealing with the vatican respecting the acquisition by the United States of the friars' lands in the Philippines. These instructions were ex- hibited yesterday by Governor Taft to the vatican officials and served the purpose of credentials. Becretary Root lays down the followlng propositions as the - basis of Governor Taft's negotiations with the pope: 1. One of the controlling principles of out government is the complete separation of chur¢h and state, with the entire fréedom of h from any control or interfsrence by the other. This principle is imperative wheréver Américan jurisdiction exténds and no modification or shading thereof can be & subject of discuesion. Need to Apply This Principle. 2. Tt 18 necessary to deal now with the results of establishing a government con- trolled by this principle in the Philippine islands, which have for centuries beén gov- erned under an entirely different system, with church and state closely unitéd and having functions of the one exercised by agents of the other, where the church has long controlled and acted virtually as the agent of the state in the public instruction and public charitles and has from time to time mcquired large properties held by It or by its subordinate corporations or offi- cers for these public uses. A novel situa- tion has been ‘created under which the ad- Justment of means to ends appropriate to the former system entirely fails to produce the intended result under the new system and the separation of church and state requires to be followed by a readjustment and rearrangement in the interests hoth of church and o? state, and for the attainment of the great ends of civil government, of education, of charity and of religion. Must Canse Joint Service. 3. By reason of the separation the re- liglous orders can no longer perform in behalf of the state the duties in relation to public instfuction and public charities formerly resting upon them, and the power which they formerly exercised, through their rfill!tflnl to the civil government be- ing now withdrawn, they find themselves the objects 6f such hostiiity on the part of their fenantry against them as landlords, and on the part of the people of the parishes against them as representatives of the former government, that they are no longer capable of serving any useful purpose for the church. No rents can be collected from the populous communities occupying their lands unless it be by the intervention of the civil government with armed_force. Spedking generally, for sevéral years past the ?rlnrs, formerly installed over the parishes have been unable to remain at their posts and are collected In Manila with the vain hope of returning. They will not 'be voluntarily accepted again by the people and cannot be restored to their pos- sesaions except by forcible intervéntion on the part of the civil governmen hich the principles of our govermment foibid. For Interest of Church. 1t is manifest that under these conditions it is for the Interest of the church as well as of the state that the landed proprietor- ship of the religious orders in the Philip- pine islands should cease and that if the church wishes, as of course it does, to con- tinue its ‘ministration among the people of the {slands and to conduct In 1ts own behalf a system of Instruction, with which we have no desire to interfere, it should seck other ngernts therefor. ) 4,1t, ds .the wish of our government. in case_co) {reu shall grant authority, that fiie 1908 of the rellclous opders o the large ‘tracts of agricultural lands which they mow hold shall be oxtingulshed, but that and fair compensation shall be made - thergfor. B0 18 Hot, However, deemed to be: for the interests’ of ‘the people of the Phillp- pine islands that in this ~transforming wholly. unproductive tracts of land into money capable of productive investment, a fund should thereby be created to be used for the attempted restoration of the friars to the parishés from which they aré now separated, with the consequent disturbance of law and order. Wants Fair Settlement. 6. The titles fo the great amount of church lands and buildings in the islands other than those of the religious orders and now apparently owned by the state should be settled falrly. 7. Provision should be made for ascer- taining what rentals, if any, ought to be ld for tho convents and other church R\uldingu which have been occupled by United_States troops during the insurrec- tlon, this being of course subject to fur- ther specific action by congress. 5. The rights and obligations rémaining under the varlous specific trusts for edu- cation and charity which are now in doubt and controversy ought to be settled by agreement if possible, rather than by the slow and frequently 'disastrous processes of litigation, so_that the beneficlent pur- poses ‘of these foundations may not fail. 9. Your errand will not be in any sense or degree diplomatic in its nature, but will be purely a business matter of negotia- tion by vou as governor of the Philij- pines for the purchase of property from the owners thereof, and the settlement of lands in such a manner 1o con- tribute to the best interests of the people of the islands. Any assistance which you may desire whatever on the part of officers of the civil government or of military offieers to enable you to perform the duties above described in a manner satisfactory to ourself will be afforded, but the busine ly in your hands, subject such action as may be taken pursuant to law upon your report. Very respectfully, LIHU ROQT, Secretary of War. Hon. Willlam H. Taft, Civil Governor of the Philippines, Washington, D. C. E———— LITTLE RED DEVILS Mind Makes Peculiar Things, Coffee almost kills some people betore they are willing to admit that coffee Is really the cause of the trouble. Yet it is easy to break off the habit providing Po tum Coffee, well bolled, is served in ite place. A lady says: “After coffee drinking had become & habit with me I experienced a sense of faintness in the stomach with lassitude and dullaess of the mind. This was accompanied with severe pains in the reglon of my liver. Gradually my health failed and I became thin and a nervous wreck, having slck headaches every day. Then insomnia set in and I suffered for four years such tor- ments as those who have been through the experfence know of. At night I would grow 50 nervous over the continual distr in my stomach that I would imagine hun- dreds of little red devils had strings at- tached to the back of my stomach and were trylng to pull it out. I was com- pelled at times to take laudanum to relieve the distress and cramps. This condition lasted with some varl tion for about three years. I tried various physicians and finally was advised to try leaving off coffe this 1 thought ecould not be done. 1 was finally induced to give up coffee and use, Postura and I began to got well. When I recovered and thought I was well enough to go back to coffee agaln I tried it, but after using it a short time the old stomach trouble came back and I threw the balance of the coffee in the stove. There has never been a graln of the old fashioned coffee in the house since and never will be long I am running it. Postum Coffee is delicious when made according to directions and served hot with good cream and seme sugar, The whole family use it and enjoy it greatly. I have gained 400 pounds in the last year &nd my nerves are fast becoming a thing of the past:- 1 sleep perfeetly all night and 4m & well woman, thanks to Postum.” m &lven by Postum Co., Battle Creek, s left entls QUEER THINGS OUT OF CLOUDS, Mud in New York, Brown Snow in Austria, Colored Hail in Ru New York's recent shower of muddy rain i8 one of those phenomena which, though not common, occur at long Intervals in all parts of the world. Not long again at Flume, In Austria, there was a heavy fall of half-frozen, brownish snow and in Italy and some parts of Germany there was a downpour of red rain. It was found upon tavestigation that the brown snow of Flume was caused by the admixture of sand which had been blown from the desert of Sahara hundreds of miles away across the Mediterranean, and the red rain was not a deluge of blood, as the peusants thought, but was due {to the presence of quantities of minute infusora, which some- how had been drawn up into the heavens and let down agam when the clouds fell as n A singular phenomenon of this sort oc- curred in Venesuela some time ago when colored hallstones fell in the te of Za- mora. There was first & heavy thunder- storm, with much rain, and then, after a while,’ the hafl came down fn such abun- dance that hundreds of bushels of hail- stones might have been gathered, Some of the hailstones weighed as much as two ounces. It is well known that in the troples hallstones are exceedingly rare in laces situated in the lowlands. But this allstorm was particularly remarkable on account of the color of the hailstones, some of which were whitish. while others were blue, green, rose color or red. Schwedoff, who, in his memoir on origin of hailstorms, describes a fall of gimilarly colored haflstones which fell at Minsk, in Prussia, in the month of June, thinks that the colors are due to the pres: ence of nickel and salts of cobalt, and that the phenomenon confirms his hypothesis of the cosmic origin of hail. There have been many well authenticated cases where, after a heavy rain, the ground has been found #trewn with small fish which have dropped from the clouds, and even young frogs, scarcely out of 'their tadpole state, have been known to descend upon the wings of the storm. One theory is that all these foreign substances are carrfed up into the clouds by whirlwinds, and another that the least bulky of them, such as minute in- fusora, are caught up in the process of evaporation in. the STIONS. For Which Mount Pelee and La Som- friere Are Responsible, Cleveland Plain Dealer: eorge, dear, why is it that the scientific pursons don try to Investigate the Inside of the earth? T suppose they consider it beneath them, my love.” “Thefe, George, you are trying to joke again. I'm serious about this—roal serfolis. It seems to me that it would be doing the world a great service if somebody could find out just what it is stuffed with.”” “That is the woman of it, my dear. You want to get at the cotton batting and the sawdust. Yes, you do. You are consumed by a ruthle: curfosity. You want to find she fl,nny business that makes ihe doll say papa’ and ‘mamma.’ It's the destructive instinct that all women possess.' “:\‘/hy George, you're horrid Oh, | know your sex. We've had sev- eral women in oir family. I knew all about you when I married you. But suppose you could get your destructive litfle scissors into the inside of the globe. Would it de. you any good to find out that the cotton batting was guncotton and the sawdust gllsl powder?”" ‘‘George, you are a mean thin I don't care the littlest bit what's 1“2!159 m: old earth. Only it does seem as if we ought to know. Perhaps we could guard against things better it we knew what to expect, Pooh, pooh, my dear. The chances are it you knew what to expect you wouldn't sleep a wink afterwdrd. Your head would be fllled with the wildest apprehension. Yours ears would be strained to catch the hollow crash_that foretold the end éverything. You'd walk pu: footed for fear of breaking through the crust. You'd have a sulphur respirator and a lava ce :\;‘rd!‘ (!)t;e un_\(r;re 17 that would shed cin- . Oh, you'd enjoy you 5, Y hini” Yy your inside know “George, I'm not going to sugges - thing serlous again® ¥ou make lghi 5 everything. All 1 had in mind was a hole bored down into the earth far enough to E;"A:'Ple us to know what's going on down .. “And 1 suppose when you found out you'd il ¢ vay pull, the hole up and fold it away for futurq “‘George, I'm not going t "ars rs going to say another —— Premature Enthusinsm. The Philddelphia Times says that Clem- ent A. Griscom tells a story of the mayor of Portland, Ore., who, upon reading that Portland, Me., was in flames, dispatched the following message to the mayor of the etricken city: “Portland, Ore., bleeds for you. can we do to ald you?” 'rae mayor of Portland, Me., replied: ““We need food and clothing, and to buy both.” . e The Oregon man Immediately called a meeting of the city council, but the coun- cilmen were so indignant that the mayor had dared wire without consulting them that they adjourned without action. The mayor was in a quandary, but he felt that he had done his duty, and sent forthwith ;;e following to the mayor of Portland, e.: “Thanks for your only for information. Pt O, A Phenomenon Explained. Washington Post: ““Why fs it,” said Mrs. Miggs, “that a single man is so anxious to take a girl to the theater, and seems to care so little about plays after he is mar- gaged to the theater he knows she is com- ried?” “That's very easily explained,” answered her husband. ‘It is due to a cerfain de- plorable but inevitable masculine vanity. When he takes the girl to whom he is en- paring him with the handsome hero of the play, and to the disadvantage of the hero. After marriage she doesn't hesitate to tell him flatly that he looks like the low come- dlas What rompt reply. I asked e——— To Avold Trouble. Chicago Tribune: The six-foot pitcher of the Neversweats walked into the newspaper office with his hat pulled down over his forehead and an ugly look in his eye. “I want to see your base ball reporter,’” he said. ‘“‘He wrote me up this morning, in bis account of yesterday’s game, as ‘the long-eared twirler." - I'd like to talk to him about a minute.” “I think,” said the man in the editor's chair, “he meant to write it ‘long-geared twirler.” He went out just as you came in.” Extracts from a Modern Novel, Chicago Tribune: ‘“‘Her eyes fell. “‘Her hands dropped by her side. “‘He lost his tongu»" “His jaw dropped.” “‘Her voice fell." “She crushed him with a leok.” “‘His heart sank like lead.” Then, one would suppose, the housemaid came with a broom and swept up the debris, but nothing of the kind appears In the story. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Chicago News: Scandal continues to be the fashionable society game. Ignorance is blise until it begins to associ- ate with egotism. It is more difficult for some men to collect thelr wits than their bills. Fortunate is the girl who loses her tem- per and never finds it agaln. Many a good man blacks boots, and many a bad one blacks characters. It is & deplorable fact that a girl can never get her first kiss but once. Were it not for the things we are going to do life would mot be worth living. Lots of men after laying up something for a rainy day get discouraged because it doesn't rain.” A young man may have no business to kiss @ pretty girl, but he might manage to make a pleasure of it. Probably you never heard of the man who was killed by kindness—but if you did It was nothing more than hearsay. The difference between a restaurant and a oate is not so much In the quality of the food as in the size of your pocketbook after the reckoning. N0 LAW TO ACT ON (Continued from First Page.) wsertion of many imported men and to the strikers ported Man Anxious to Leave. Impotted meh who left the s Lehigh Valtey' Coal company at day to have disposed of their revolvers for to get back to_ Philadelphia. The Yorktowh local has instructed men and women not to gather at the bar- racks where the jmported men and depu- ties are located. One of the Delaware & Susquehanna crews, which has been hauling special off- cers from one town to another, refuséd to day to Ao this werk Distriet Preeident Duffy and the shérift Wednesday night. YOU the blast furnace workers was settled last night, the men recelving an inerease of 10 per cent fors twhlve hours’ work. The set- tlement affects the independent furnaces, while the basis of settlement made by the Republic Iron and Steel company is slghtly different. belng 10 p=v cent inerease for all men outside of la! same, $1.50 for a & ur day instead of ten. The men will resume work at once. WILKESBARRE, Pa., June 8.—The situ- tion In the Lykens vallay is hecoming seri- ous. Sheriff Reef has decided to increase his force »f deputies. - Additional deputies will go to LyKens and Wiconisco this after- noon and in on duty until the trouble 18 over. : g Providence is Again Quiet, PROVIDENCE, R. I, Juné 6.--No traces of last night's disorder in this city and Pawtucket T connection with the street i car strike, were apparent today. Fully as mauy cars were sent out as on yesterday, hut they were not molested. The company was prepared today to operate moré than half of its full capacity. The strikers, however, maintain that 700 men are out. The traction company declares it has nearly .800.-out of 1,200 men needed. A large number of deputy. sheriffs were sworn in today. and all the police tu this city are on reserve call. DENVER, Colo., June 6.-Efforts of the State Board of Arbitration to intercede in the building trades strike have failed, the mill, owners and contractors having refused to submit. their case. The contractors ad- here to their determination not to recog- nize the.Building Trades council and are confident the union men will break away from the council and return to work in a tew days, It is asserted that at least one- fourth of all the building laborers now on strike have left the city for other pofnts in the state and the east, where work s pleati- tul, WHAT DO YOU KNOW? Familiar Things with Which Searcely Anybody is Acquainted. about things all your life. may possibly questions off- Heére are some questions Jouve seen every day and f you,are a_ wonder you answer one or two of the harid. Otherwise not. What are the exact words on a 2-cent stamp and in which direction Is the face on it turned? ¥n which dfrection is face furned on a cent?: Ona quarter? Om a dime? How, many toes has a cat on eagh fore- tont7. On each hind foot? ‘Whith Way does the creséent moon turn? To the right or left? What color are your employer's eyes? The eyes of the man at the next desk? Write' down, ofthand, the figures on the face of your watch? 'The odds are that you will' make at least two mistakes in doing Ui Your watch has some words written or printed on its face. You have seen these Words a thousand times. Write them out correctly. Few pan do this. Also, what 1§ the number in the case of your watch? How high (in inches) is & silk hat? How many teeth have you? What are the words on a policeman’s shield? How many buttons has the vest or shirt- walst you are wearing? How 'many stairs are there in the first flight at your house? fow many stéps lead from the street to the front door of your house or flat? What 8 the name, signed In facsimile, on any 31, §2, $ or $10 bill you ever saw? You've read dozens of those names. Can you remember one? E. W. Grove. The name - must appear -on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tab- lets, the remedy that cures a cold in one day. 25 cents. make acomplete cure. Trylt! Bend for Bookles, FREE, Frauk Nau, 308 B'way, N, For sale by Sherman & Mo~ Congell Drug Co., 8. W, Cor. 16th _and Dodge Sts, Omaha, and leading druggists. king of beers Naurlu‘hlng and. invigorating . as well as paldtable. Our Beer Is highly recommended for table stimulant and tonle— pure and uniformly bigh-grade. When you order beer for home—get Blue Rib- bon and you'll get a beer you'll like. use, strictly 0S8® BERUTIFUL P lmperiad Chemical Co., 186 W, @d 8t, N. T situation continues most encouraging | HAZLETON, Pa, June 6.—Some of the e of the Yorktown | last night are reported by the strikers to- very iriyial sums in order to raise money the Sheriff | Gombert of Carbo. county will have a con- | ferénce at Yorktown teday regarding the | withdrawal of the deputies placed there by GSTOWN, 0., June 6.—The strike of who will receive the SCHOOL BURBENS OVERWORKED CHILDAEN WITH T00 LITTLE TIME FOR PLAY. How the Present Educational Sys- tem May Harin Our Boys and Girls— Overcrowded Minds and Weakened Bodies. “Our schools are evidently, trying to cover too much ground within a limited time," iy the statement of Charles N. Skinner, New York state superintendest of public in- struction. “Our ciildren are being hurried forward too rapidly. They rush (hrough their studies and often graduate tao young. Thats, from so etinent an authority om education, adds weight to the avguments advanced by many, parents who ¢ee thelr children declining in health under the strenuous system of education now la vogue In most sthools. Boys and girls, at the time of life when they should be strongest and healthiest, too often complain of not feellng well, Chugren should not | have headaches, get easily tired, nor suffer from sieeplessmess. But of lute years these complaints are all too common. Te take such 4 case as is heard of every day, Mrs. J. L. Sutton of Algona, la., says “My daughter Pearl studied hard at her school works She was listless and irritable, grew tired upon the slightest exertion and \bad very. Iittle. color. = We thought she would outgrew it,. but she kept getting worse. - Figally ave had to take her out of school entirely and the doctor who attended her thought she was golng ioto consump- tion. Her lungs were wary sore and she rajged consideyablé matter; she alwayw Bad a headache and her stomach, liver and kidoeys wérosn @ very bad onditlon. *We didn't know what to do for her and she comiidedito grow worse until, upom reading a little book which was left at our door, we decided.to have her try Dr. Wii- liams' Pink Pilis for Pale People. In & little while after she began using 'this remedy sHe Was feeling better and, after continuing with it for about four monthe, she was cured. She now a bright, healthy ®irl and we fecommend Dr. Wil- llams' Pipk Pills to.everyone whom we think would be beftefited by them.™ Miss Sutton took the ome unfailing remedy for such ufffictions and was cured. Dr. Willlams' Plok Pills for Pale People are unlike other medicines because they det airectly oo the Blood and nerves. This makes tifem tavaluadle in such digeases as | locomotor _ataxia, partial paralysis, St Vitus® dance, sclatic neuralgla, rheumatism, nervols headache, the after- effects of the grip, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow eomplexions and all forms of weakness sither in .male or female. Dr. Willlams' Pink Pills for Pale People are sold by all dealers, or will be sént post- paid on receipt of price, fifty cents & box, or six boxes for two dollars and fifty cents by addressing -Dr. Willlams Medicine Com- pany, Schenectady, N..Y. 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COURTLAND BEACH 32+ A A i BALLOON ASCEN Evaats EvExiso 7:48 SWITCHBACK RAILWAY, the Popular Attraction VAUDEVILLE Performances. Admission 100 LAKE MANAWA Grand Prize CAKE WALK Apply this evening—Open to all comers. to superintendent on the grounds. Large prizes to 1st and 2nd couples. Today—Hig The “Passion Play.” And & score of other {res shows, Admission to Park, Mo Childeen Pres: HOTELe, THE MILLARD '**G.23% 2 gs™ LR R 12:30 TO 3 SUNDAY 6.0 P. M. BR s & vpe. 1:1 Milla feature. J. BE. MARKEL & BON, Props. <% Pn':';'.“'mfimf Principal Clerk. CHICAGO BEACH HOTEL 10 :nmm;-"(rmua bnfiwd ms.é‘fi -