Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 3, 1903, Page 5

i i ASTRO PROPOSES A PLAN lants Question Left to Onme of the American Republics. IS NOT LIKELY TO BE INSISTENT iteely Any Doubt is Felt that Al Parties to Controversy Will Finally Agree Upon The Hague Tribunal. ASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—The condition ich President Castro attached to his re pnse to the ailies’ arbitration proposal in the mature on of an alternative propo- Almost from the beginning showing an ersion to The Hague tribunal, Castro, While accepting the principle of arbitra tion, asked that the case be tried by one ©of the American republics As President Roosevelt already had de- clined to act in the capacity of arbitrator and as some of the reasons which inspired Bim in his declination would apply with equal force to the chief exeoutive of any other American state. than the United Btates, he was obliged to.withhold any endorsement of this proposition of Preei- dent Castro. Therefore It may be dismissed from the fleld of possibilities, and unless Castro is unexpectedly insistent upon his own plan the original proposition in reference to The Hague tribunal will carry There were no developments over New Year's day in the way of cablegrams con- talning news from Buropean capitals or from Venezuela B h Prizes Towed Away. LA GUAYRA, Venezuela, Jan. 2.—The British gunboat Zumbador, formerly the Venezuelan war veseel of that name, left here for Trin A today, towing four schoon. ers and th loops captured by the British gince the blockade began. It is to return for other prizes. FOR UNION VETERANS' UNION Vieksburg Regiment Installs Its New OMcers According to Accepted Forms. regiment, Vicksburg Union Veterans' union, installed officers last night in Red Men's hall In the Continental building. The mew officers are as follows: W. 8./ Askwith, colonel; George E. Ellett, lieu- tenant colonel; Willlam O. Bartholomew, | major; Thomas H. Dally, chaplain; A. H.| Scott, surgeon; S. R. Rathbun, adjutant; Frank E. Munn, officer of the day; Otto Schneeker¥ind, ‘officer ofithe guard; O. A. Porter, sentinel; Willlam A. Plummer, picket. After the installation Charles Thomas read a paper on Eugene Ware, | commissioner of penelons; light refresh- ments were served and the balance of the evening spent soclally, with reminiscences, General @rder No. 1, headquart] fssued from publfshed. This gives the oMcers elected at the annual election in November. D. Haverly Is the new division commander, with ranK of major general. John H ger 18 thé ‘brigade commander, with rank of brigadier, general. staff appointed to serve: ' Colonel C. L. Harris, chjef of staff; Colonel J. Francls Hopper, assistant adjutant general; Colonel W. G. Templeton, assistant quartermaster | Qolonel Thomas L. Hull, assi Colonel general; t- ant commissary general; nel W, hoemaker, assistant judge advo- cate gefieral; Colonel John H. Berger, & sistant ‘mustering officer; Colonel W. H. Christle, assistant surgeon general; Lieu- tenant Colonel James W. Thompson, chap- lain; Lieutenant Qafonel Frank Thorne, Grand Island, aide-de-camp; Lieutenant Colonel D. W, Flotcher, Alnsworth, alde- du-cqnp. Lieutenant Colonel Ira D. Mar- ston, Kearney, alde-de-camp. CENTRAL LABOR UNION BALKS Plan for Amending the Exemption Declines to Endorse the Groce: Statutes. Members of the Central Labor union suc- ceeded Friday night in arriving at was presented before the body sideration, being the proposed amendment to the exemption laws now on the statute books ot the state. The union has been in conference with | the Retall Grocers' assoclation, that some decfifon might _be obtatned relative to the | © matter, apd ‘at the sesdlon last night, after the proposed amendment to the present law as drafied by the grocers was read before the wnion, that body went on record as flatly refusing to be In direct accord with or -samotionipg the azmendment, voting agatnst it, principally, that it might be | made a matter of record in the minutes of the ,union and also that the grocers might not mistake the action taken. Allen’s restaurant, Sixteenth and Web- ster, and Brown's Quick Lunch house were replaged on the ““fair list,"” the proprietors of those establishments having signed up with the unfon. The date of the semi-annual election of the Central Labor union was fixed for Jan- uary 16, Raflwny Notes and Personals. J. B. Preston. commercial agent of the | Miiwaukee at Denver, is in the city. He came partfally on biisiness and for the | | \ | songs and | the | s of the division of Nebraska | p by Assistant Adjutant General Hopper, was | M. | Ber- | The following is the | John | ‘Webb, as#istant inspector general; Colo- | a de- | eision regarding intended legislation, which | for Ite con- | | stretching across the middle, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, J/ UARY 3, 1903. “-nwe of attending the funersl of J. & Dickey. & BilMngs has resigned the position hiet clerk of the local frelght office of 1Tlinols Central, w h he has held for L will engage In business with his father as a member of the fitm of hase Combination Dental Plate com- prny ated in the Paxton block. J Longstreet ymes from the Ilinols Central © Councll Bluffs to succeed Mr. B u FUNERAL OF JOHN JAY "DICKEY Imposing Throng of Friends Follow the Late Western Unlon Ofetal to His Grave. The funeral of Colonel John Jay Dickey wagq held yesterday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family hom Rose Farm. Men prominent in the telegraphic affairs of the world journeyed thousands of miles, from all parts of the country, to add their last tributes to those of a host of Omaba friends and associates at the grave of the deceased. The lower floor of the house was crowded to its utmost to accommodate the thromg of mourners The casket stood in the cemter of the large reception hall, and back of it, filling the alcove and covering the entire west wall, were banked the floral offerings of Colonel Dickey's friends. . The services at the house and cemetery were read by Rev. John Williams and the music was by mem- bers of the St. Barnabas' church cholr. Noticeable among the floral tributes was one which came from the employes of the Western Union and American District Tele- graph companies of Omaha and South Omaha. On a eolid mass of pink carna- tions, 7x4 feet In size, there was designed in white roses and lilies of the valley telegraph posts on either side, with wires and in the center in violets was the symbol “20." Among the floral offerings were: Colonel R. C. Clowry, president of the Western Union, a magnificent wreath of Liberty roses and lilies of the valley; Henry D. Estabrook, general solicitor of the Western Unfon, a large wreath of autumn leaves tled with ribbons; Western Union employes of Texas, a large finished column of white carnations, roses and lilics of the valley, with & base of Easter lilies'and LaFrance roses; employes at Denver, & broken wheel, consisting of white carnations and lilés i Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben, a pillow of roses and carnations; employes of the Salt Lake City and Denver offices, a pillow of roses and carnations; members of the Loyal Le- gion, the button of the order made 3 feet a cross of carnations; directors of the Omaha club, huge bunch of Ameriean Beauties; employes of Colonel Dickey's of- flee, bunch of American Beautles; C. B Horton, assistant superintendent at Den- ver, bunch of white and pink carnations; 1. N. Miller, superintendent at Cincinnatt, roses and lilies of the valley; Superintend- ent J. P. Altburger, Manager J. W. Read and Chief Operator McCammon of Phila- delphia, all former employes of Dickey's district, carnations; General Su- | perintendent B. Brooks, New York, a wreath of ‘violets and lilies of the valley; 0ld Time Telegraphers’' and Historical as- | Telephone company, mixed carnatlons; W. Drake, Pueblo, 1flies of the valley and roses; Dr. H. Perry, Salt Lake City, white roses; 1. N. Keller, flat bunch of narcissus; | of the Topeka office, large lyre of mixed flowers with a floral 30" In the center; Colorado Springs office, roses; Lincoln of- fice, pillow of flowers with figure, “30." In addition there were over 150 floral offer- ings from individuals in Omaha and vicin- ity. The active and honorary pallbearers | were: Active, Edward Porter Peck, Luther Drake, J. K. Chambers, Charles B. Horton, John C. Nelson, John E. Wilbur; hénorary, Count Creighton, E. M. Morsman, "Ggorge F. Bldwell, Senator Millard, Belylders Brooks, Theodore P. Cook, General Mander- son and Guy C. Barton Rignt on the Spot Where rheumatism pains rub Bucklen's Arnica Salve, the great healer. *Twill work wonders. Stops pain or no pay. 26c. For ‘sale by Kuhn & Co. LOCAL BREVITIES. Kelly has secured a divorce from en Danfel, because of non-support. Judge Dickinson granted the decree. Charlex J. Benson sues for divorce from Birdie, whom he married in Councll Bluffs on November 5, 189, He alleges cruelty. Thomas R. McNalr desjrés to acknowl- edge the receipt of a check for 360 from the Elks, a donation towhrd the malntenance of the Omaha C Misston. Edward Rosewater will deliver an address on “Electricity as a Vital eForce’” before the Philosophical soclety at the Paxton hotel at Sunday afternoon, A decree of divorce has been granted Ida Venable, wife pf Byron, whom she accused of abandonment. The decree gives her the stody of their son Otis, aged 5 years. Minnie B. Jones asks divorce from Charles W., alleging non-support, They were mar- ried on December 191" Prior to that time she was Miss Hamrick, and that name she wishes restored. Louls Ringold, 9 years old, was hit in the head by a tin can, which he claims was thrown by a colored lad named Price, resid- ing on 8outh Eleventh street. A deep gash was inflicted, requiring the aftendance of Police Surgeon Mick. Unity club_meets this evening at the residence of Mr. G. W. Lininger, 224 North Eighteenth street, according to the post- ponement on account of President Schur- man's addrees last night. There will be a paper on “Interstate Commerce™ by B. C. Page of the Omaha bar and an address vy Judge Irving F. Baxter of the district court Judge Guy R. C. Read of the district bench starts the new year with an addi- tlonal member of his family. At an early hour yesterday morning & young man of judicial mind and robust frame arrived at the judge's home, 812 South Thirty-seventh street, and thereby immensely pleased his honor, who heretofore has been raising ex- clusively those of gentler sex Every well-posted doctor today knovnll aboutAyer’s Cherry Pectoral. Most doctors erder it for ¢ eold;.'bgogchlg& and even for consumption. Your doctor uSe it ? Mr. | soclation, American Beauty roses; Nebraska | F. G. Lamb, Philadelphia, roses; employes | {BENEFITS OF CRAIY MARKET Railroads Would Bhare with Omaba in Increased Prosperity. LONG HAUL IS NOT ESSENTIALLY VITAL Business niw at the Stock Yards ation of What May Be Expected from the Pr posed Move. ! Not all the grain men in Omaha who are working so hard for the Pl(nhll’hmfln( of a grain market hece think that there is any actual feeling of hostility toward this city on the part of the railroads which refuse to promote such a scheme by offer- ing fair rates through here. Some think the rallways are actuated solely by what might be termed an instinet of self-pro- | tection. Said one of these: “As I understand it, the chiet and, in reality, the only objection advanced by the rallroads agains’ this grain market propo- sition is that they run a chance of losing | for outbound shipment grain coming into | Omaha over their lines. Thus they would | be deprived of the long haul and full through rate. 1 do not think for a minute | that any other factor enters into their at- titude on the matter. On that proposition I thing the freight men are wrong. I think the establishment of a grain market here would in reality increase their revenues in stead of diminishing them. There®would be a temporary falligg off in that mme- diate business of the haul out. I admit that. With three other roads cutting in and sharing in the traffic which the two | now carry this would be a natural and an | obvious result. “In the end, and not such a distant end, elther, the two roads that now refuse to | | carry the grain through here would be | greatly benefited by doing so. If the com- merclal value and prosperity and enterprise of this town were increased double or three times what they mow are, the new bene- fits accruing to the railroads would be so vast as to completely overshadow this profit that they now reap from the long bauls, With Omaha built up in all diree- tions the increase in all other lines of traffic would be so great as to make the present haul enjoyed by these two roads out of Nebraska look like & mere ftem. Live Stock an Illustration. “And I'll go further. I'll say that these roads would not be hurt &o very much, even at the start, by taking their chances with the rest on the out-business. They seem to get along all right down at the | stock yards. They are all represented | there. They haul the live stock in and then scramble to get a share of the finished product. If the railroads are satisfied with the affairs there, if the business of each | Roes on satistactorily with the stock, why not with the grain? If they can even up all right at the packing houses, why not at the grain market? “In any event, Omaha should have just | as good facilities for handling this trafe | as do the other Missourl river central points. We have a right to have them, and we will have them. As it stands now, nearly one-half of our products go to the markets of Kansas City or St. Louls. We deserve every bit of it here. Nebraska is a commercial state, in which corn wears the crown, and yet the traffic of this com« monwealth goes to commerclal centers out- side of it instead of to its own. It is not fair. And the rallroads that oppose this thing are merely standing in their own light. They do not stand a chance to lose. It is absolutely certain that a grain mars ket, if alded by them, would do so much for this town that they would be far more than relmbursed for what they suffered in being compelled to even up on the out- haul, *As for the standing ‘which this exchange would have in the markets of the world, there is no need to worry about that. The Omahba Board of Trade already has an in. spection here, the inspection of the South Omaba products, and the register as well. This is recognized wherever these products are sold the world over, and so would be our grain. The exchange would be standara from the start, and its work and its goods would be good anywhere."” | Amusements. At wne Boyd, Five times in three seasons and still do- ing good business is the record for “The Burgomaster” in Omaha. Just what there 1s about the Pixley & Luder’'s concoction of jingle and jest that lures people to the | playhouse 1s not exactly apparent on the | surtace. For the jingles are not especially meritorious and the jests are somewiat | hoary, and almost everybody in town can | nudge his neighbor and grin himself in anticipatory enjoyment of each approaching climax of humor. Yet all seem to enjoy the performance, and there you are. It is merry after its fashion and tuneful accord- ing to its kind. It doesn’t set up to re- form anything or anybody and hasn't tried to make a lasting impression anywhere but on the box office. And In all human prob- ability it will continue to visit Omaha and be applauded by large audiences until some newer and more acceptable form of amuse- ment has been devised. Many members of the present company are old favorit Some of them are the originals in the roles. All of them are | sufficlently interested In the plece to try to get the best out of it, and that they do not entirely fall is evidenced by the faot that they were roundly applauded from time to time by the large audience at the Boyd last night “The Burgomaster” will be repeated at a matinee and evening performance today. WILL INSIST ON EQUALITY Woman Will Object to Her Assess- e of Corporations » Among the documents which will go be- fore the city councll when it meets as & board of equalization to perfect the assess- ment for the tax levy of 1903, as returned by the tax commissioner and Board of Re- view, s a communication on behalf of Mre. Sarah E. Hartman, which is somewhat un usual and possesses some elements of orlg- inality. Mrs. Hartman, who is the owner of & considerable amount of real estate in the city, including her homestead at Thirty-Afth and Farnam streets, the ag- gregate assessment upon which is in the nelghborhood of $40,000, signifies to the board that she is satisied with her assess- ment as it has been fixed by the Board of Review, provided the franchise corpora. tions and rallroad companies are to be assessed according to the schedules as ap- proved by that body, but in case those figures are to be reduced, she will object. The communication, after describing in detall the property assessed in the name of Mrs. Hartman, continues as follows You are further notified that this ap- plicant will be satisfied with the values placed on each of said pleces of property and on sald personal property by the tax commissioner only on condition that the assessments of rallroad property, Omaha franchised corporations and other property in said city remain substantially as your board has fixed the valuation thereof. ~But if the assessments of such other property | for the taxes of the year 1%8 is hersafter reduced, either by the Omaha city couneil, sitting as & board of equilisation, or by the courts, or otherwise, then, and in that | event, said Sarah E. Hartman reserves the R THE | ILLUSTRATED BEE e sssreens D D'D YOU TAKENOTICE of the | difference beiween the apprar- ance of the Christmas number of The lllusirated Bee and the Christmas numbers of its contemporaries? Well that 1s the difference each and every week in the year. The Illustrated Bee never had a rival in the western news- paper fleld, and in all liklihood never will. This doesn't figure in the effort to keep the paper up to its original standard—the best—and its readers will never be disappointed because the paper has been neglected. Fifty-two times & year it comes, full of pretty plotures of people and events that are of more than momentary interest, and special articles prepared exclusively for The Illustrated Bee. That's why it is popular. HAPPY NEW YEAR! It is never too late 10 send a friend)y vreeting, and o from the front page of the com- ng number The Illustrated Bee beams forth a bright, winsome face, wreathed with smiles of greeting for all. ANDREW CARNEGIE'S LIEUTENANTS s aspecial article on how the great steel king chose the men who have helped him build up his colossal fortune. It is {llustrated from photo- recently vceupied & new build ing on its permanent site in Kountze place. Bome splendid pictures made by a staff photographer of this hand- some building accompany an article telling of the school and its founders' plan WINTER SPORTS FOR THE YOUNGSTERS is a group of pictures made from photographs taken by the staff artist on the day after Christmas when the boys and girls were out trying the skates Santa Claus had been good enough to bring them. They are full of lite. SHAW SEEKS A SECRETARY Finds it a Diffioult Task to Secure a Successor to R. B. Armetrong. APPLICATIONS ARE PLENTIFUL ENOUGH Major Turmer Not Enth: atle Over Location of Cavalry Post at Fort Des Moines — Making Slow Progre (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.—(Special Tele- | gram.)—Secretary Shaw, now that hie pri- vate secretary, R. B. Armstrong, is going to leave him for the position of second as- sistant secretary of the treasury, is casting about for his successor and he is not find- ing it an eaey task. He has had nearly half a hundred applications, but today stated that Mr. Armstrong's successor had resolved itself into the choice of one of two men and one of these applicants came frota Towa. As this seems to be the era of ycung men, It {e thought Secretary Shaw has some bright and active young newspaper man in mind to succeed Mr. Armstrong. Major R. B. Turner, in charge of con- struction work on Fort Des Moines, is in ‘Washington under orders to report tomor- row to the quartermaster general. Major Turner is not particularly enthusiastic over the site chosen for the mew cavalry post at Des Molnes. He thinks there has been too much politics for a cavalry post “As yet we have hardly a shack erected,” eald Major Turner today. “We have had all sorts of things to contend with. Strikes and weather have kept us back until T am almost ready to give up in despair of get- ting things done. Contracts have been let, but with strikes on it is mighty hard to move. 1 expect to know more tomorrow as to the reasons which called me here.” Postmasters appointed: lowa—John R. Berks, Halbur, Carroll county. South Dakota—Hannah Bastian, Grobb, Spink county; Howard G. Pinney, Robey, Aurora county Clyde E. McCormick has been designated as a member of the civil service board for the Nebraska City postofice and Carl O. Melnburg at Red Oak, Ia. Mrs. Ida M. Copenharve of Omaha has been appointed a compositor in the gov- ernment printing offic Receipts and Expenditnres. The monthly comparative statement of the government receipts and expenditures shows that for the month of December 1902, the total receipts were $4 the expenditures $36,433,744, leaving a sur- WHERE WOMEN MINE COAL is told about by Mr. Frank G. Carpen- ter in his weekly letter, which Is written this time from Wasmes, Bel- gium, in the heart of the Belgian coal region. graphs Wasm Illustrations are from photo- by Mr. made Carpenter | (COACHING FOR SOCIETY tells how the umbitious women are prevared for entrance to the soclal swim at Washington. It is written by a per- son who is thoroughly familar with conditions at the national captital and deals understandingly with the topic. (QF INDEPENDENT PICTURES there are several, dealing with matters and people of interest, including the customary golden wedding couple. . Not a department has been neglected nor a feature overlooked. a subscriber, paper today. 1t you are not you shotild order the t ‘ ‘ ‘ ; ‘ . ‘ $ ‘+ $ ‘ ¢ t % t ‘+ . . i i ; graphs of his leading aldes, and gives a gossipy sketch of their careers. ; (DMAHA PRESBYTERIAN SEIMNARY has 1 § THE ILLUSTRATED BEE | Sesessscscsecsscoscoccccsee insist that the assessed ch of the above described pleces of property and sald personal prop- xed by the tax commissfoner for duced In like proportion as any such other property may be reduced. COOPERATION IN HOME GETTING | Notable Showing Made by the Omaha Association in Its Twentleth Annual Report, The twentleth annual report of the Omaha Loan and Bullding sssoclation was presented at & meeting of the board of di- rectors at the association office, Bee build- ing, Friday evening. According to the re- port the assets amount to $672,165.22, & galn of $98,686.79 during the last year. Receipts aggregated $380,664.54, out of which there was pald on withdrawals $137,778.42, for loans $221,837.68 and $7,253.16 for expenses. Earnings for the year amounted to $39,- 213.22. Of this sum a dividend of 6 per cent took $26,906.79 and $5,063.27 was car- ried to the reserve fund as required by law. An instructure feature of the report is the showing made of the value of co-opera- tion in procuring homes. During the last half of the year the assoclation assisted 101 members to secure homes of their own in Omaha and South Omaha and in the twenty years of its life 1,134 members were enabled to purchase or build homes. The ssoclation has 2,075 members, carrying 12,- 270 shares. The usual semi-annual dividend of 8 per cent was declared by the directors. " HYMENEAL. Nickelson-Shorter. TABLE ROCK, Neb., Jan. 2.—(Special.) —Over 100 invited guests assembled at the residence of Mrs. Malvina Parks in this city, who is grandmother of the bride, to witness the marriage of Mr. Leslie B. Nick- elson of Elk Creek, Neb, to Miss Vina M. Shorter of this place. The ceremony was performed by Rev. A. W. Shamel, p the Methodist Episcopal church. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Nickelson of Nemaha county, Nebraska, and & young business man of Elk Creek The bride Is a Table Rock belle, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Shorter of this place. They will be at home st Elk Creek after January 10, 1903. Lew Vertrecs. BEATRICB, Neb., Jan. 3.—(Special)— Among the foremost of Cupid's captives to be led to the altar for the new year in this city were lohn Emery Lester and Miss Carolyme Mae Vertrees, who were joined in holy wedlock at the home of the bride yesterday noon, Rev. G. W. Crafts officlating The bride’ and groom are well known and most highly esteemed in this city and vicinity, where they have resided for Four Dolla: ey = Peter Juln:.‘t 0, with whom he | internal | corresponding period last plus for the month of $10,618,000. The re- celptg for the month are about $100,000 in excess of those for December, 1901, and the expenditures $708,000 less than for that month. The receipts from the several sources of revenue are given as follows Customs, $23,670,094, an increase as com- pared with December, 1001, of $2,163,000; revenue, $20,079,318; decrease miscellancous, $2,510,886; de- $2,215,000; | erease, $326,000. The expenditures on account of War de- partment show a small decrease and on account of the navy an increasu of about $1,123,000. For the first half of the present fiscal year a surplus is shown of $24,134,000, as agalnst a surplus of $42,621,807 for the year. Although the recelpts from the Internal revenue are less than for December, 1801, the amount of the decrease is surprisingly small and it 1s a noteworthy fact that in some of the larger revenue districts the total collec- tions are greater than they were before the war tax was removed July 1, 1002, Clreulation Statement. The monthly eirculation statement {ssued by the comptroller of the currency shows that at the close of the calendar year the total circulation of national bank notes was $384,920,784, an Increase for the year of $24,640,058, and an Increase for the month of $76,270; the circulation based on United | States bonds amounted to $342,127,144, an increase for the year of $17,118,538 and an increase for the month of $1,027,435. The circulation secured by lawful money amounted to $42,801,940, an Increase for the year of $7,921,620, and a decrease for the month of $052,163 States reglstered bonds on deposit to se- cure circulating notes was $344,252,120, and to secure public deposits, $163,384,070. Deaths from Cholera, The latest list cabled the War depart- ment by General Davis reports the follow- ing deaths from cholera: James Hamilton, Company D, Twenty- sixth infantry; Robert D. Finney, Company D, Twenty-sixth infantry; Thomas J. Kelly, Company A, Eleventh infantry; Louls Koplesoko, Company L, Eleventh infantry; Jacob Cohen, Company G, Fifth infantry; George D. Ravgdo, Company I, Eighteenth infantry. Koy orean Minister Reenlled, Senor Don Luls Felluse Carbo, who has been minister from Ecuador to the United States since January 16, 1796, will formally present his letters of recall within a few days, when Senor Baquerenzo, his suc- cessor, will present his credentials. Australia Needs Breadstuffs. One hundred thousand pounds of bread- stufts must be imported from wheat-pro- ducing centers to Australla during the coming season to meet harvest deficlencies, says United States Consul Goding at New- castle In & statement dated November 11 The crop In New South Wales, he says, will not reach 50 per cent of the quantity reaped last year, and Victorla will re- quire imports of 3,637,920 bushels of wheat to supply her needs. The situation is not 50 bad in South Australia, though the crop there is less than last year. About 15,000 tons of California flour are afloat for New South Wales, but the consul says the price of Californla flour has risen so greatly that the effect will be to divert a great deal of the trade to Canada, which raises The amount of United | bard wheat of a clams well sulted to mix with California flour. Report of Uniform Board. The War department has made publle the report of the uniform board, hcaded by General Young, of which Colonel Patten ia the recorder, setting out in detall the | changes made in the army uniform, some | | of which were meen for the first time at the White House reception yesterday ‘ The first recommendation is that officers on duty in Washingtou should be required to wear their uniforms during office hours. Other recommendations, all of which have | been approved and are | army regulations, provide for the substitu- {tion of the bronze sleeve ornaments for those of embroldery and metal for full dress. Chaplaine are to wear black over coats. The embroidered gold oak leaves on officers’ visors must come off, except on ranks above that of major. The United States coat of arms in gold is to be added to all shoulder knots of officers above cap- taine. An important change fs the abolition of the chapeau, the service helmet and serv- fce cap for officers and a service trousers for enlisted men. & combination sash and belt for generals A significant recommendation calls for a | more detailed description of the shoes to | be worn by officers, for it is rumored that the board's labors were begun as a result of the detection of an officer, otherwise prop- erly uniformed in full dress, wearing & | pair of russet shoes. Hereafter chevrona are to be worn midway on the sleeve be- tween the elbow and the shoulders. Other recommendations are that belts and cartridge cases are to be worn outside the overcoat, that a marching shoe ahall be provided for the men and that the bureau of insular affairs shall provide a device brigadier Physiclan as Commissioner. The American Assoclation for the Ad- vancement of Science today agreed to ve- quest President Roosevelt to appoint a physician as a member of the Isthmian Canal commission. A commission was also appointed to procure a suitable memorial to Dr. Reld, the army surgeon who per- formed notable work in improving the sani- tary conditions in Cuba The feature of the sessions of the sec- tion on soclal and economic sclence was a review of the work in various bureaus of the Department of Agriculture by their chief, Prof. Willls L. Moore, chief of the weather bureau, who sald it cost $1,260,000 | a year to make the forecasts; that the frost { warnings ot a fow days ago in Florida saved millions of dollars to the people of that state and the forewarning of a single cold wave recently saved shippers $4,000,000. 151,299 and | Statement of Public Debt. The monthly statement of the publie debt shows that at the close of business December 31, 1802, the debt, less cash treas- ury, amounted to $947,164,679, which is a decrease for the month of $10,032,602, which 1s largely accounted for by an increase of | nearly $10,000,000 in the amount of cash on hand. | The debt is recapitulated as follows: In terest bearing debt, $914,541,240; debt bear ing n) iInterest, $305 109. Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1,265 710 Total, $1,311,674, This amount, however, does mot include $876,674,069 in certificates and treasury notes outstanding, which are offset by an equal amount of cash on hand for their redemp- tion, The cash In the treasury is classified as follows: Gold reserve, $150,000,000; trust funds, $876,574,060; general funds, $156,290,- in pational bank depositories, $150,- 8. Total, $1,331,081,200, against which there are demand liabilities outstanding amounting to $966,611,820, which leaves a cash balance on hand of $364,409,260. Chureh, The attention of the officers of the ad- ministration charged with the direction of Philippine affairs being called to a dis- patch from Rome fo the effect that Sec- | retary Hay has written the vatican that Mgr. Messmer of Green Bay, Wis., Is fm- | possible for the position of bishop of Ma- nila, because of the firebrand speech which he recently made before the Cathollc Truth Federation, the statement was made in the most emphatic terms that there was abso- lutely no foundation for the story. It was turther declared that in no single instance has the United States government allowed itgelt to be placed in the position of dic- tating the personality of any priest or church official who was to go or stay In the Philippines. Bolivia and Peru Arbitrats, The Bollvian minister has received a cablegram saying that the Bolivian gov- ernment has signed a &reaty for arbitration with the republic of Peru to settle the boundary question. The arbitrator selected is the Argentine government. No Interference with Red Cross Moves Offices. The American Natienal Red Cross soclety has removed its headquarters from Wash- ington to No. 19 East Fifth street, New York City. Miss Barton already is there. Western Men Get a Raise. LOS8 ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 2.—Locomo- tive engineers and firemen employed in the local jurisdiction of the Sante Fe and Bouthern Pacific systems have been granted an increase of wages averaging 10 per cent. This action was taken in compliance with a request for higher wages made by the rallway employes. New Orle: Out of Fuel, NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 2.—New Orleans i furnaces recently converted to the use of ofl burners are being changed back so that coal may be used. Price of Coal Goes Up. NEW YORK, Jan. 2.—The price of soft coal advanced another motch today, reach- ing $8.40, wholesale, freightage not in- cluded. 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