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

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY JANUARY 5, 9038 COUNCIL BLUFFS. TAX LEVY READY F(JR BOARD Oounty Auditor Innes Has Itemi ed State- ment All Ready. TREASURER SOON READY FOR HE CA H Total Amount to Be Collected in $456, ©3D, of Which $153,525 is Comin to the City of Counell Elafts, At the meeting of the Board of Super- ¥isors today County Auditor Innes will sub- mit the itemized statemeat of the tax levy for 1903, and on its approval by the board, a merely perfunctory matter, the regular warrant will be fssued to County Treasurer Arnd for the collection of the taxes named. The total taxes to be col- lected In Pottawattamle county amount to $486,060.71, of which the city of Council Blufts will receive $153,825.89. The report of the county auditor to be submitted to the supervisors will show the collections for the several funds for 1503 as follows: Poll ¥ ] Dogs Btate County . Poor Bri Roac Bchool Insane Boldlers’ rellef BEEE.... 2Xa3388 ERswehi 2828 RSBLSBI2B3T Poor farm Teachers Contingent Schoofhouse Miscellancous Total The report will also contain a statement of the disbursement of the county funds as follows for 1902: General . Poor ... Bridge Road Insane Boldiers’ relief Total General Fund Expen The general fund, on which in drawn the warrants for the maintenance of the county administration, will show by the county auditor's report an increase of $14,000 over the expenses for the previous year. The warrants drawn upon this fund, as shown by the report to be submitted today, were aa follows: Officers’ salaries Deputies' walaries . Bupervisors, per diem and l()m"\ll- tee work ¥ sk e Officers’ "axpenses Janitor's salary Witness fees, district t‘nurl ofl Bluffs Witness fee Grand jury, Blufrs . Grand Jury, witness fees, Avoca. Petit jury, Council Bluffs Petit Jury, Avoca .. Grand jury, Couneil Grand jury, Avoca .. Bailiffs, district court Reporter, dlstrict court Attorney fees Boarding jurors, Boarding jurors, Avoca Bherifl’s expen Sherifl's fees . Boarding prison Judge superior cour uperior court , superior cou Justice fees . Constable fee Jurors, justice Witnesses, hb:' Township officers . Assessors’ salaries Election expenses . Collecting delinquent taxe. Repairs .. Judgment ' Road costs and platting Transfer to poor fund . Publishing proceedings . Printing and books ... Stationery and supplies . Fuel .. Light Water Ice ... Telephones Wolf bount: Emallpox Miscellaneous Board of Health . Behool fund foreclosure . ‘Total The county and city le for 1903 ar slightly in excess of those for the previous year. The city levy Is about $10,000 in ex- | cess of that for 1902 and will be as fol- $106,675.79 22.098.64 14,288.32 12,207.11 12,102.91 3,251 $ 14.944.00 8,310.00 Coun- district court, witness fees, ‘Avoca Council SEEEYEs SoEsS3ussuRSEREAEENA £3 Sgasds SszshoRaRHy it S 35 % 33 &: 2EES2THERILET =34 &zomy 2| 28822825 5 3|8 -$ 36.336.15 1oso.g 05050 F ridge . Improvement . Judgment . Library .. HEE52ESEE 2B RSPRABLRAL Bewer: bonds Bond loan . Funded deb City road ... Total B gg2 3 BoaEaSase - Plumbing and heating Ready for the Retaflers, The wholesale agricultural implement houses of Council Bluffs are making elab- orate preparations to entertain the retail- ers who will attend the lowa and Ne- braska Rotall Implement Dealers' conven- tion, which opens in Omaha Tuesday and lasts over Thursday. All of the houses on tmplement row are arranging for a display of thelr goods and their customers will be provided with the best of everything in the eating and drinking lne. Several of the larger houses will have quite elaborate luncheons served each day during the con- vention and a number of entertainments, including & theater party, are on the pro- gram for the convention days. Local wholesale implement men anticipate a larger attendance of the retailers this year than for many years before and are mak- ing thelr arrapgements accordingly. It is expected that between 500 and 700 retail dealers from lowa, Nebraska, South Da- kota and Minnesota will be in attendance st this convention. Another Heating tove Free. The first heating stove given by William Welch to his coal customers was awarded to the Christian home. Another has been put up on the same plan, and during the next thirty days will be given away free to one of his customers. Before ordering your ‘coal call at 16 Nor'h Main street or 'Phene 128. W. C, A. Annual Meeting. This musical program has been arranged for the annual meeting of the Woman Christian association in the First Pres- byterian church this afternoon: Vocal solo by Clyde B. Altchison, accompanied by Mies McCabe; vocal solo by Miss Lu- cille Porterfield, accompanied by Miss Frances Wright; vocal eolo by Miss Jes- sica Wallace, accompanied by Miss Ella Beach; Instrumental selection by Miss Cora Harle and a vocal solo by Charles Haverstock, accompanied by Dr. Claude P. em——e——— LEWIS CUTLER MORTICLAN. 21 Oownet! Diawe Phone ¥ | thelr service, in that part of the state and there is no | Lewis. Refreshments will be served at the close of the program. Business for City Connmeil. The city council will meet in regular sesslon tonight and several important mat- ters are slated to come up for action. Among the number will be the ordinance requiring the placing of all telephone wires in underground conduits, which has been before the committee of the whole for two weeks, and separate ordinances containing similar provisions for the wires of the tel- egraph and electric light companfes and for the feed wires of the motor company within the district prescribed in the orig- inal telephone wires ordinance. M1 MENTION, Davis sells druge. For rent, modern house, 719 Sixth Ave. Kxpert watch repairing, Lefrert, 400 Bwi Officer is selling dwellings cheap. 419 B'y. Plcture framing. C. E. Alexander & Co., 33 Broadway Born, to Dr. and Mre. F. T. Seybert, Sun- day morning, twin daughters. Wanted, a good cook. Mrs. Stewart, 26 South Sixth streef. Cut prices on art calendars and blotters for New Year's gifts. Alexander & Co, Miss Hagel Rockafellow of Atiantic, Ia., is the guest of Miss Zink of Fourth street. ‘The public schools of the city will reopen this morning, after the Christmas vacation. John Huss castle, Royal Highlanders, will install officers this evening and initiate candidates, w are headquarters for glass of all Kinds. Bee us before you buy. C. B. Paint, Ol and Glass Co. Mrs. J. Lange 1s entertaining her sister, M Cheadle, and daughter Corrine, of Ollumwn Ia. The regular meeting of Fidelity counctl, Royal Arcanum, will be held this evening, when the recently elected officers will be Charles T. (he art department of the Council Blufts yman's club will meet this evening in the club rooms, with Miss Margaret O'Don- nell as leader. Mrs, Nevin C. Lescher and children of Galesburg, I, arrived yesterday on a visit to Mrs. Lescher's sister, Mrs. Victor E. Bender of Fifth avenue. C. H. Smith, a student in the State Agri- cuitural college at Ames, {8 the guest of C. C. Nye. Mr. Smith is'a member of the famous “‘Six-Foot” club of the college. A warrant was issued yesterday after- noon from the court of Justice Bryant for the arrest of Ruben Ingram and Frank Shadden on a charge of assaulting G.,F. Taylor. The first regular meeting of the Council Bluffs Ministerial assoclation for the year will be held this morning in the Broadway Methodist church. Officers for the ensuing year will be elected. There will be a meeting of Shadukiam temple, Dramatic Order Knights of Khoras- san, Thursday evening to make arrange- ments for holding a_ ‘‘ceremonial” Thurs- day night, January 15. Edith, the 13-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Hyatt of Woodbury avenue, died yesterday morning, The funeral wili be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family residence and interment will be in Walnut Hill cemetery. The winte- term at both day and night school of the Vsestern Jowa Dusiness and Normal collego will begin Monday, Jan- uary 5. Those Intending entering soon should make arrangements to enter Monday if possible, as beginning claeses in each de- partment will be organized then. Mrs, Mary Deffinbaugh, aged 71 years, died yesterday morning at her home, 726 Mynster street. Her death was due to the infirmities af old age. Five sons and three daughters survive her. Arrangements for the funeral have not been completed. The election of officers of the Woman' Home Misslonary soclety of the Broad way Methodist church will be held Thurs day afternoon at the home of Mrs. A. E. Grimth on Oakland avenue. The Woman's Forelgn Missionary and Ladies’ Ald socle- tles will be entertained Tuesday afternoon by Mrs. Arthur and Mrs. Orcutt at the lat- ter's home on Oakland avenue. ROW OVER SELF GOVERNMENT Adoption by Ida Grove Schools Bri the Resignation of Super- intendent. SIOUX CITY, Ia., Jan. 4. gram.)—An attempt to inaugurate sel ernment in the schools at Ida Grove has precipitated a hot fight, which has resulted in the resignation of Superintendent E. T. Sheppard. The school board has voted to inaugurate the system and promptly ac- | ap- | cepted Prof. Sheppard's resignation, pointing Miss Jessie Johnson to succeed him. Now the citizens have taken sides and the end is mot yet. This is the first | attempt to inaugurate a plan of self-gov ernment in any Iowa High school and the plan is based upon the Chicago model From the very first Prof. Sheppard toolt a strong stand against it and virtually served an ultimatum upon the board that 1¢ !t were adopted his resignation would follow. The students will immediately form com- mittees and organize a system of govern- ment. GUNSHOT WOUND MAY BE FATAL Unidentified Robber Who Was Shot by His Vietim is Likely to Die. (From a Staff Correspondent.) DES MOINES, Jan. 4.—(Speclal Tele- gram.)—The unidentified desperado who was shot while robbing P. Sullivan at Hamilton | on Friday night is in jall in Knoxville and 1s so seriously injured that it is feared he will dle. There are signs of blood polson from the wound in his face. He has refused to give his name and still maintaine that he was merely passing the house when the two men pressed him into But he was a total stranger doubt expressed that he has been the real leader of the gang. The other two men have not been found. EXCITEMENT OVER SHORTAGES o of San Juan Aroused When Arrest of Mayor on Charge of Destroylng Records Oceurs, SAN JUAN, P. R., Jan. this city, Manuel Egozcue, has been ar- rested and held in $5,000 bail on the charge made by Oficial Inspector Holt of destroy- ing the records of the city water receipts, which constituted the only evidence of a leged extensive peculations and embezzle- ment. The allegations against the mayor were originally made October last in & petition of citizens, which was presented to the governor, and which asked for the prosecu- tion of the mayor. The editor of the News, which published the text of the petition, was arrested October 23 on the complaint of the mayor on & charge of libel. This ar- rest caused considerable excitement, which ended in the shooting of two men Since then three other officials have been arrested and are beiug prosecuted for al- leged shortages in their accounts and for embezslement. The peculations are sald 10 range from $5,000 to $43,000, and misap- propriations of other fuuds are also al- leged. The arrest of the mayor today caused great excitement. Men congregated on the plazas and surrounded the office of Lawyer Acuns, who has undertaken the defeuse of s former city official named Rivera, who turned state's evidence. Shots were fired, but Bo persons sustained serious lnjury. Very Newr & Crime. To allow constipation to polson your body. Dr. King's New Life Pills cures it and bullds up your health or no pay. 3. For sale by Kuba & Co. 4.—The mayor of | RECALLS AN OLD INCIDENT Budden Death of a Diplomat Mars the Arthur New Year's Reception. POKER GAME GETS A PAPER SCOOPED Postmaster in its Department—Has Great Hopes of Future of Rural Free Delivery. meral Talks of Service (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—(Special)—The president’s firat reception for the year sed off without any unusual inci- There are many people in Washing- ton who have made it their annual practice to attend the first executive reception of the searon. Among these an incident of Just twenty years ago is brought vividly to memory. It was on the 1st of January, 1583, that President Arthur suddenly left the receiv- ing line and ordered the rooms closed. The reception came to a sudden end and the reason for it was thus recorded in the Post of January 2 “Minister Allen, representing the Ha- wallan kingdom fh this country, arrived at the executive mansion at 11 o'clock and seemed to be in his usual health. Being the oldest member of the diplomatic corps he took precedence in walting upon the president. After shaking hands with the latter he mingled for half an hour with the throng in the East room. Just before 12 o'clock he went to the cloakroom to secure his coat and hat, and his carriage was called, his purpose being to call next upon the secretary of state, when he suddenly staggered and fell. Instantly several per- sons gathered about the prostrate man, who was subsequently lifted and placed on a sofa, and Surgeon General Wales of the navy, who was in the house at the time, as summoned. General Basil Norris re- sponded to the call also, but nefther could afford relief to the affiicted man, who died a few minutes after 12 o'clock.” In 1883 the Hawalian kingdom was, diploe matically speaking, the most important rep- resented in Washington. His excellency, Elisha Hunt Allen, had served in the capa- city of minister for a quarter of a century. Because of his long service he was the doyen of the diplomatfc corps and took precedence over the representatives of all the great European powers. Today Hawall is a part of the United States, and no rep- resentatives of any other minor republic or kingdom ever again headed the diplo- matic' corps, for the reason that the big powers are now represented in Washington by ambassadors, who form a small coterle by themselves, and if all of them should be first recognized by the president on the morning of December 31 they would still take precedenco over ministers, even though some of the latter might have served for half a century. Reporter Makes n Mistak A good story s told on the representative of a leading western newspaper in connec- tlon with this shocking termination of that New Year's reception: New Year's day is a very easy one for the newspaper men of Washington, and for nearly everyone else except the army officers and other govern- ment servants who are directeq to attend the president's receptions; so, perhaps, to make certain the chief magistrate of the nation will have a full house, raln or shine. That event is in fact the only thing that ever really “happens” on the first day of the new year in Washington. This was as true fn 1883 as it was in 1828, and It 1s quite as true now. The result is that with the exception of an account of the presi- dent's reception there s little news to burden the wires from Washington on the day that Janus looks forward. Each re- curring New Year's day the same thing happens; the same long lines of members of the diplomatjc corps in their court re- galla; the executive, legislative and judi- cial branches of the government, veterans of all wars, persons prominent in society, | and, last of all, the dear public generally, | tediously pass the president for several | hours to exchange greetings of the new year, There Is a great similarity between | these receptions./ With the names of the | presidents and other dignitaries, a few | tresh samples of millinery described, and lan account of a reception written thirty year ago, would very well describe the one held on Thursday, 1903. This was the theory of the reporter above mentioned. Thirty years ago he left his office early, secured copies of the paper just one year before, changed the account of the reception which it contained—alter- ing only such. as were necessary. He pre- pared about two columns of this matter, cut up into suitably sized “takes,” and di- rected his messenger to take his copy around to the office from time to time un- til the story was all in the office. All his work was done an hour or so before the reception began. The reporter—tull of consciousness of duty well performed—pro- ceeded to his room, where several friends had foregathered, locked the door and pro- ceeded to pass the afternoon in the seduc- tive game so admirably described by Gen- eral “Bob” Schenck. The game was not large, but it possessed plenty of Interest. | The afternoon waned. No news from the outside world passed the frowning door, and the party was wholly oblivious of ev- erything but the game. About 8 in the | atternoon, the messenger having followed | instructions, had carried the last chunk of | copy to the office, when be brought back a note from the city editor. It was brief, but it was very much to the point. It read simply: “When do we begin to get your story on the death of the Hawallan minister?” The reporter, not comprehending the sensational clrcumstances of the minister's death, procrastinated for half an hour and then excused himself for a few ‘“hands" and went out to look up the news. When he found out what the facts were he w in the parlance of the “row,” ‘simply paralyzed.” He did not commit suicide | quite, but when he recovered forty-eighth hours afterward he sent a superfluous note to the city editor. It was his resig- nation. Hopeful of Free Delivery. Postmaster General Payne is confident that free rural delivery will eventually pay for itself. At the present time the cost of a restricted rural free delivery is about $8,000,000. This is just the amount, in round numbers, the postal receipts of the country were in 1862. When the entire country is supplied with a rural free deliv- ery the cost will be in round numbers $25,- 000,000, or 34,000,000 more than the total re- celpts of the postofice department as late as 1872, With the extension of rural free delivery to all parts of the United States it is hoped that forelgn postage will be reduced from § to 2 cents. The postmaster gemeral be- lieves such a reduction would increase the postal receipts. The present cost of send- ing forelgn mall prevents anything like active correspondence among poor people who bave relatives and friends on the other side, and American business houses cannot send their circulars abroad without a too great expense. But the two directions in which the postmaster general is moving will inevitably result in a free delivery of mail threughout the United States and the abil- ity to send letters to Burope as cheaply as they are now transmitted between states of the Union. The growth of the postoffics department | Omana 1s out of all proportion to the increase of the business of the country or ite growth In population. Back of the desk at which the postmaster general sits is a tabulated statement showing the business done by the postoffice department for every year since its establishment. Increase in Reced; “The increase In the total postal recelpts almost stagger me every time I look at that table,” sald Postmaster General Payne. “Every year the increase in our receipts s greater than were the total receipts of the department at the close of the civil war. The more we reduce the postage rate the greater the receipts seem and the more nearly we are able to balance accounts for the service rendered. In two decades we have more than trebled postal receipta. The table also shows that during the civil | war the postal receipts of the United States government steadily Increased, being larger when the war closed than when it began. This shows what a small factor the south Is in postal revenues of the country. Our estimated increase for the fiscal year end- Ing 1903 is greater than were the total post- office receipts at the beginning of the war. Modern business methods have made the Postoffice depariment up-to-date. Our suc- cess is due, first, to the co-operation of railroads; second, to the co-operation of urban business organizations, and, third, to the co-cperation of newspapers. Citles which are struggling with each other for supremacy bring pressure to bear which manifests ftself in the extension of the service and the newspapers through their circulation mauagers won't let us forget where the service can be improved. A difference of halt an hour in a train serv- fce may determine which city will monopo- Vzo a glven news territory, and the busi- ness of the department is to get the mail at the quickest possible time into any given territory. We have as a result of the phe- nomenal increase In the postal business some grievous {nequalities in the matter of salarfes. The most striking example of an underpald employe on the continent is in this department. The superintendent the money order division handles $300,000,~ 000 & year. His salary is $3,000 a year. It is a most dificult and exacting job. I have written personal letters to senators and members of the house, but the salary 1s at the old figure—$1 for each $100,000 for which he is responsible. Gives Credit to Machen. “During the last few days some se tlonal newspapers have printed columns of attacks upon the Postoffice department, growing oiit of the orders {ssued concern- ing the kind of letter boxes to be used on rural delivers routes. From time to time a commission has been named to examine all samples submitted and select those re- garded as most suitable. These commis- slons have had three objects in view—sim- plicity of construction, safety for con- tents and cheapness of cost. The boxes selected have given general satisfaction not only to the people along the routes, but the carriers as well. The only people who registered a “kick” are manufacturers or inventors of other boxes who failed to secure the adoption of their devices. These of | ] WELL VAILS FURS Black and Colored Dress Muslin Underwear, Muslin, Sheeting, Sheets and Pillow Cases, 0dd lots of Lace Curtains, Laces and Embroideries, CLOAKS At 20 Per Cent Discount Table Linens, Napkins and Towels, Silks—Black and Colored, Flannelettes and Flannels. Blankets and Comforts, Etc. MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. NUAL THAT THE GHOUT THE ENTIRE Our excellent stock of furs of all kinds will be included at a discount of ........ children, reduced by.. Goods, SALES OF LOWEST PRICE LIMIT PRE- HOUSE AND HUN- DREDS OF OUR CUSTOMERS ANTICIPATE THE WANTS OF THE FAMILY FOR MONTHS TO COME. . c e s eecees Anything in our stock of winter wraps, for women, misses or THE JOHN BENO COMPANY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA. Fifth Semi-Annual Clearing Sale Begins This, Monday Morning. The Great Money Saving Event of the Year. DURING THESE SEMI-ANN KNOWN THROU OURS IT I8 This sale will include nearly everything in our entire stocks except carpets and a few contract articles, on which we are not allowed to cut prices, " 3319 25°% Men’s Clothing, Boys’ and Children’s Clothing, Men’s Underwear, Wool lined Gloves and Mittens, Corsets, Ladies’ Wrappers, Ladies’ Shirt Waists, Underwear and Hosiery. Ladies’ I'ancy Neckwear, h NAY BRING RECONCILIATION| people have succeeded in inducing some newspapers to attack the postefiice offi- clals and especlally Mr. A. W. Machen, :up!nnlendent of the free delivery serv- ce. “Mr. Machen was appointed to his pres- ent position by Mr. Cleveland. No man ever fllled the place before him with the credit which attaches to his administration. Ho has made the service over which he presides the most pertect of its kind in the world and there {s not a country in the postal unfon that has not attempted to follow the lines he has lafd out. No man ever filled an important ‘udlle office with- out calling down upon himself the snarls of jealous outsiders. Two or three years ago an attack was made upon Mr. Machen almost identical in form with the present one. The house committee on postoffices, of which Mr. Loud of California was then chalrman and s now, investigated the charges and the result was a complete and thorough vindication. The rural free de- livery service has come to stay and the man who has done more to make its opera- tlon effective and useful and in the highest degree creditable to the government is Mr. Machen, who is today the subject of ecurrilous and unwarranted attacks insti- gated by patriotiq citizens who are angry because the Postoffice department fails to appraise thelr inventive genius at the value they place upon it themselve Injured in & Runaway. HOT SPRINGS, 8. D., Jan. 4.—(Special.) —O0. E. Savit, living four miles northwest of Hot Springs, while hauling a load of logs yesterday ‘was the victim of a serfous accident. In going down a gulch the team became frightened and ran’ away, running into a tree. Mr. Savit was hurled forward with such force that he sustained a broken leg and was also injured Internally. He is now in a serious condition. FORECAST OF THE WEATHER Ferg Tuesday 1is the WASHINGTON, Jan. 4.—Forecast: For Nebraska, Kansas, Missburi and Jowa —Fair Monday and Tuesday. For Illindis—Snow in north and rain in south portion Monday, followed by fair in the afternoon; Tuesday falr; fresh west winds. For South Dakota and Montana—Fair Monday and Tuesday. Loeal Record. OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAU, OMAHA, Jan. 4—Official record of tem- perature and é)rulnllnllnn compared with the corresponding day of the last three years: 1908, 1902 1901, 1900, 3% 35 % 2.0 0n 8 0 3 n 3 Maximum temperature.... Minimum_temperatur Mean temperature Precipitation .. T 0 .0 .0 Record of lrmperllun nd prectpitation at Omaha for this day and sice March 1, 1902: Normal temperature. Excess for the day..... Total excess lhne Mary h l Normal precipitation Deficlency for the day...... Precipitation since March Deficiency since March 1. Deficlency for cor. period Deficlency for cor. period, 1901 6 Inches ...:88 inch 22 inches .08 inch Reports from Stations at 7 P, M, =) CONDITION OF THE WEATHER. % sanyesedwsy, pre— llv)ul y Valentine, clear. . North Platte, clear Cheyenne, clear. Salt Lake City, Rapid City, clear Huron, clear Williston, cloudy Chicago, ' snowing.. 8t. Louls, snowing. Paul, clear bn\'rn;}on. snowin cloudy | the shore between Wood End light and Kansas City. cloul Havre, clocd Helena, cloudy. Hismarck, clear Galveston, clea: & o — Indicates sero. T Indicates trace of precipitation. L. A WELSH, . Leocal Forecasi Omclal Approaching Motherhood of Orown Princess of Baxony the Basis. DESIRE TO EDUCATE CHILD TO COURT LIFE Impossible to Permit Princess Reside at the Palace, but Home Will Be Provided for Her on the Frontier. VIENNA, Jan, 4.—Reports have been re- celved here from sources closely con- nected with the court of Saxony of a pos- sible reconcilfation between the crown princess of Saxony and her husband. The family of the prince are especially con- cerned with it on account of the princess’ unborn child, desiring its birth to take place under conditions permitting proper {dentification and prevent possible substi- tutfon, which it is supposed the princess might attempt If the crown princess' tam- ily attempted to claim the child. The crown prince is reported as even now unwilling to abandon the belief that the unborn child may be his own. While King George angrily insista that his son's faithless wife be cast adrift, it is under- stood that the crown prince places no ob- stacles in the way of a reconciliation should his wife be willing to come back. It is naturally to be understood, accord- 1ng to report, that it is impossible to per- mit the princess to return to Saxony and become queen, but the suggestion is made that she reside in retirement near the trontier, where she could see her children occasionally. No effort will be made to negotlate with M. Giron, who is regarded as a raw stu- dent, but it is thought that the princess might be induced to accept the foregoing roposals on account of her love for her children Mexican Bread Prices Rise. MEXICO CITY, Jan. 4.—The recent ad- vance in the price of wheat has caused bakers here to diminish the size of their loaves, while still charging the same price, and this has worked a hardship on the poorer classes. The government is deter- mined that the wheat ring which has been monopolizing the grain market shall be dealt & severe blow. For this reason the decree taking off the dutles on wheat was issued and the rallroads have reduced rates from the borde: BOAT EXCEEDS RATED SPEED Torpedo Hoat Destroyer McDonough Given Trial Tests and Bea Record Planned for It, BOSTON, Jan. 4.—After waiting for two days for good weather, the torpedo boat destroyer MeDonough, built by the Fore River Ship and Engine company of Quiney, Mass.,, was successtully speeded over a measured mile off Wood End, Provincetown, today. It exceeded the contract require- ment of twenty-elght knots, making one leg at & rate of 25.66. The best two runs over the mile averaged 25.02, which was the speed which galned its acceptance by the government board. This trial wae so encouraging that at its conclusion it was decided to try another government test, that of an endurance run of one hour at a continued speed of twenty- six knots. This was attempted on the trip back to Boston, across Cape Cod bay, but after three-quarters of the time had been consumed & valve blew eut and the trial was postponed until Tuesday. The high speed trial was made under somewhat adverse conditions, there being | & heavy cross-sea and ~onsiderable wind At its conclusion some of the government officials did not hesitate to say that had the run been made under conditions usually attending government trials the boat would have gone well over twenty-nine knots, For the first trial & mile stretch of water had been staked off by two buoys, just off Race Polnt. McDonough steamed up the course and, swinging around, came down the stretch for the mark at & twenty-two- knot gait. It took it 2:38 to cover the dls- tance between the buoys. A quick turn was made, and back agaln over the course in the opposite direction it came In 32:42, the rage of the two belng 22.60 kunots per hour. Without & pause It was seat off & third time. On this trip the run was made in 2:21 and the one In the opposite direction in 2:26, the average speed being 24.90 knots. With the steam pressure above 200 pounds McDonough once more was sent for the mark. The double run this time averaged 26.8 knots. By this time everything was at the high- est tension and 100 yards from the mark the naval sprinter was fairly bissing through the water. Going over the starting line 1t was making something over twenty-elght knots, and for a minute or more this terrifiic speed was kept up, but suddenly the steam pressure dropped, and when the mile was finished it vas found that it was still a trifie under the contract, & 27.48 knot gait. Again the destroyer, with every bit of machinery working at the highest speed, rushed down for the line. This time there was no falling oft in tho steam. It mot only held, but jumped up to 260 pounds, and with each screw making 355 revolu- tions per minute the boat kept its speed of over twenty-eight knots right up to the end. The time for this last mile was 2:06, or at a rate of 28.66 knots per hour, which will stand as McDonough's maximum of speed. It was then decided to take the one just betore, and the mean of the two was found to be 28.02 knots per hour. This result was accepted by the government board. Later McDonough was headed straight for Boston lghtship and for forty-five min- utes everything worked smoothly. But just as it was getting well up to Minot's an operating valye on the automatic shut- off blew out and the trial came to an end. CATTLE ARE NOT SO BADLY OFF No Damage Ex- cept Near the Missourl River PIERRB, 8. D., Jan. 4.—(Special.)—Hon. John B. Diamond of Mankato, Minn., has | been giving out an interview in regard to the terrible conditions of the range country west of Plerre. He places the snow at a great depth, with a crust on it which pre- vents stock from getting through to the feed which exists under the snow, and says this was “caused by the rain which prevailed over the range after the snow, and which formed the crust.” The facts are that deep enow does exist out forty miles west from Plerre, bct thal is not crusted. After forty miles west is reached the snow is lighter on the ground and cattle are ranging all over that country finding feed in abundance. Yet further north and west, at and beyond Leslie, there 18 but about two inches of snow, and that amount {8 more of & benefit than a detri- ment to the range. There may be some losses along the Missouri river, and will be if the present snow stays on all winter, but that will be from the fact that the hay supplies put up in that section are not sufficient to feed for 8o long & time, as two months 1s all the feeding any of the range cattlemen expect to do. ONLY SPEAKERSHIP SETTLED Otherwise Lewl Organiration of Dakota ure is Up in the AL PIERRE, §. D., Jan. 4.—(Special Tele- gram.)—There is but little change in the situation here from yesterday. The Black Hills delegation arrived and & number of other members arrived last night. The detalls of organization are yet hanging in the alr with nothing absolutely selected except the speakership. On the ecapitol removal matter different aspirants are working, with Mitchell yet in the lead. The Northwestern road is working for Hu- ron in case removal goes, but in case they fail in that, to ‘work for Pierre and block any removal scheme. The Black Hills will support McLamore for chief clerk of the house, he having switched from his attempt to secure the secretaryship of the senate W. H. Remer is also asking for the same place. They are the only applicants and both are from the Hills, Armstrong of Faulk appears to be the coming man for the senate secretaryship. Revival at Hot Springs. 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